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What is a nostoc?

What is a nostoc? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1.  Any member of the genus Nostoc of cyanobacteria, found in a variety of environmental niches, that form colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath.
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Modern naturalists place it in the class cryptogamia, and give it the name of Tremella nostoc.
The Chinese cultivate nostoc, since its gelatinous texture appeals to their palate.
Colonies of nostoc are constantly found in the Anthocerotaceae and in Blasia.
The alg referred to were according to Euler of the nostoc type.
In looking up the subject, myself, I have read only of greenish nostoc.
They are gelatinous, and have something of the appearance of nostoc, in aspect as well as in minute structure.

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