algal spores took hold, desmids and diatoms swam in and settled down, little fish wandered in and out of the crevices, while large ones nosed at the entrances.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe
That as the germination of the spore had not been followed further than the development of a hypothallus, it might be accounted for by the absence of the essential algal on which the new organism should become parasitic; 5th.
"Fungi: Their Nature and Uses"
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
This fungus was at one time regarded as an algal, at another as animal; but it is much more probable that it is a low condition of some common mould.
"Fungi: Their Nature and Uses"
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke