Lycium chinense is a combination of fungi and algae. Artificial propagation of fungi and algae can not be solved by a simple planting facility. It needs to be cultivated in the laboratory first to study the requirements of environment, plant and nutrients. Therefore, artificial planting is difficult and cannot be done for the time being. However, in recent years, many good research results have been achieved in artificial planting, and it is estimated that artificial planting will be realized soon.
At first, it was a colloidal sphere, and then it expanded into a flaky shape, such as a colloidal membrane, dark olive or dark brown. After drying, it was dark brown or black, and the algae filaments were curly. Only the algae filaments around the colony had obvious rubber sheaths, which were thick and layered.
Morphological characteristics of Physalis alkekengi
A spherical colony of juvenile algae, which expands into a wrinkled sheet after maturity, sometimes splits irregularly, reaching several centimeters wide, blue-green, olive green or brownish green, or yellow to yellowish brown, and is black and fragile when dry. In the colony, the filaments are bent and entangled. The group capsule is obviously thickened only around, yellow-brown, often layered, and the internal stratification is not obvious, colorless and transparent. The filaments are 4.5-6 microns, and the single-row cells are unbranched, curved and entangled.
The cells are short barrel-shaped or nearly spherical, most of which are shorter than the width or slightly longer than the width, with a diameter of 3-4 microns, and the heteromorphic cells are nearly spherical with a diameter of about 6 microns. The outer wall of spores is smooth and colorless, oval, and the same size as vegetative cells. The filaments break or sporulate to reproduce.