Tags: Green Alga.
Coleochaete is a genus of parenchymatous charophyte green algae in the order Coleochaetales. They are haploid reproduce asexually they can be characterised by true multicellular organisation (with plasmodesmata) creating planar sprawling discs on solid surfaces in freshwater streams worldwide usually as epiphytes on aquatic plants or growing on the surface of stones. They are seen as one of two most probable sister groups to land plant species.