Oedogonium decipiens f. majus Collins

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Massachusetts

• County/Municipio

  Barnstable Co.

• City/Township

  Eastham

• Locality

  in a small pond nearly dried up, in a floating mass of various algae

• Coordinates

  41.8396, -69.9762

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  5141.57

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Can't find pond. Located coordinates of geogr. center of Eastham. Measured from coord. to farthest extent of the town to find linear extent (5130 m). Used MaNIS Georef. Calculator to find uncertainty (Bounded Area).

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Phycotheca Boreali*Americana. Collins» Holden ù Setchell.
1671.	Oedogonium Boscii var. occidentale Him.
Hirn, Monogr. derOed., p. 125, PI. XIV, fig. 77, 1900.
Collins, Green Algae of N. A., p. 238, 1909.
In a Swamp, Wakefield, Massachusetts, among various filament-
ous algae, May 7, 1910.
F. S. COLLINS.
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Phycotheca Boreali«Americana. Collins, Holden Ù Setchell.
1672.	Oedogonium decipiens wittr.
Wittroek in Hirn, Monogr. der Oed., p. 266, 1900.
FORMA MAJOR, nova forma
In a floating mass of various algae, in a small pond nearly dried
up, Eastham, Massachusetts, July 6, 1910.
F. S. COLLINS.
Cells up to 10 diam. long, oogonia up to 8 in a series, to .04mm.
diam. Oe. platygynum, in company with it, is a smaller species, with
fluted oogonia.
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