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Geopyxis
Scientific name: Geopyxis
Geopyxis
Scientific name: Geopyxis
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Description
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Individual taxa may be sessile to shortly stipitate, cupulate, discoid (disc-shaped), pulvinate (cushion-shaped), or with turbinate (turban-shaped) epigeous geopyxis. Also, taxa may be sub-hypogeous to hypogeous with closed, folded, or solid geopyxis. Geopyxis may range in size from less than 1.02 mm up to 11 cm diameter, and may be brightly colored due to carotenoid pigments. Genera of the geopyxis lack unifying macroscopic or microscopic characteristics; this lack of uniting characters has led various authors to propose a variety of classification schemes.
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Species of Geopyxis
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Scientific Classification
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