What is "telalginite"

n. An alginite found in sapropel and composed of large, discretely occurring colonial or thick-walled unicellular algae.

Telalginite is a structured organic matter ( alginite) in sapropel, composed of large discretely occurring colonial or thick-walled unicellular algae such as Botryococcus, Tasmanites and Gloeocapsomorpha prisca. Telalginite is present in large algal bodies. It fluoresce brightly in shades of yellow under blue/ultraviolet light. The term of telalginite was introduced by Adrian C. Hutton of the University of Wollongong.