{{Short description|Genus of algae}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Alger, Botydium granulatum, Nordisk familjebok.png | image_alt = Botrydium granulatum | image_caption = ''Botrydium granulatum'' | taxon = Botrydium | authority = Wallroth, 1815 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = <ref name=ab/> | subdivision = * ''Botrydium becherianum'' <small>Vischer</small> * ''Botrydium corniforme'' <small>Vodeničarov</small> * ''Botrydium cystosum'' <small>Vischer</small> * ''Botrydium divisum'' <small>M. O. P. Iyengar</small> * ''Botrydium granulatum'' <small>(L.) Greville</small> * ''Botrydium intermedium'' <small>M. O. P. Iyengar ex A.R.Rao</small> * ''Botrydium milleri'' <small>Vodeničarov</small> * ''Botrydium pachydermum'' <small>V.V.Miller</small> * ''Botrydium stoloniferum'' <small>A.K.Mitra</small> * ''Botrydium tuberosum'' <small>M. O. P. Iyengar</small> * ''Botrydium wallrothii'' <small>Kützing</small> }}
'''''Botrydium''''' is a genus of thalloid algae.<ref name=ab>{{cite web | last=Guiry|first=M.D.|last2=Guiry|first2=G.M.|year=2008 | title=Botrydium|work=AlgaeBase|publisher=World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway | url=http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43813|accessdate= 2009-02-21}}</ref> Specimens can reach around 2 mm in size and produce tetraspores.
==Species== Some currently recognised species: * ''Botrydium becherianum'' * ''Botrydium corniforme'' * ''Botrydium cystosum'' * ''Botrydium divisum'' * ''Botrydium granulatum'' * ''Botrydium intermedium'' * ''Botrydium milleri'' * ''Botrydium pachydermum'' * ''Botrydium stoloniferum'' * ''Botrydium tuberosum'' * ''Botrydium wallrothii''
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Ochrophyte genera Category:Xanthophyceae Category:Taxa named by Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wallroth
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