Oedogonium flavescens Wittr. ex Hirn

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Massachusetts

• County/Municipio

  Barnstable Co.

• City/Township

  Eastham

• Locality

  in a small pond

• 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

Phycotheca Boreali.Americana. Collins, Holden 6 Setchell.
1674.	Oedogonium fiavescens Wittr.
Wittrock in Hirn, Monogr. der Oed., p. 196, PI. XXXII, fig 199
1900.
Wolle, F. W. Algae of the U. S., p. 78, PI. LXXVIII, figs. 1 & 2
1887.
De Toni, Syll. Alg., Vol. I, p. 52, 1889.
Collins, Green Algae of N. A., p. 249, 1909.
In a small pond, Eastham, Massachusetts, among other algae,
including Oe. decipiens Wittr., and Oe. platygynum Wittr., both
considerably smaller species with operculate oogonia. In this mater-
ial the suffultory cell of Oe. fiavescens is usually distinctly larger
than the other cells.
F. S. COLLINS.
Phycotheca Boreali-Americ&na. Collins» Holden 6 Setchell.
1675.	Oedogonium globosum Nordst.
Nordstedt in Hirn, Monogr. der Oed., p. 94, PI. V, fig. 30, 1900.
De Toni, Syll. Alg., Vol. I, p. 41, 1889.
Among other algae, in a pond near Bay Shore, Eastham, Massa-
chusetts, July 6, 1910.
F. S. COLLINS.
It may be a question whether this plant, hitherto reported only
from the Hawaiian Islands, is more than a slender form of Oe. fragile
Wittr., but it is kept separate by Him, and his treatment is followed.
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