Nostoc
[nos-tok] /ˈnɒs tɒk/
noun
1.
any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
/ˈnɒstɒk/
noun
1.
any cyanobacterium of the genus Nostoc, occurring in moist places as rounded colonies consisting of coiled filaments in a gelatinous substance
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