Gelatinous cyanobacterial colonies resembling deflated balloons, with lobes or convolutions. Roughly spherical cells located near the colony surface. Yellow-brown, green or pinkish coloured. Organelles absent from the cells.
Most of our records are from good quality streams
![[Placoma], Crookston Burn, X18. Photo: Otago Regional Council & Manaaki Whenua Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/algae/placoma2__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)
![[Placoma], Crookston Burn, X640. Photo: Otago Regional Council & Manaaki Whenua Image](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/algae/placoma4__ScaleWidthWzEwMjRd.jpg)