Monostroma amorphum Collins

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  California

• County/Municipio

  Alameda Co.

• City/Township

  Berkeley

• Locality

  University of California, campus, forming irregular green gelatinous masses on a dripping water pipe

• Coordinates

  37.8741, -122.252

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  1391.57

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coordinates of approx geogr. center of UC Berkeley. Measured from coord. to farthest extent of the campus to find linear extent (1380 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.
1730.	Monostroma amorphum n. sp.
Forming irregular green gelatinous masses on a dripping water pipe,
campus, University of California,Berkeley, California, Jan. 6, 1906.
N. L. GARDNER.
Frond minute, of irregular form, delicately membranaceous, .006-
.008 mm. thick; cells seen from the surface rounded-angular, closely
set, average .008-.01 mm. diam; in cross section horizontally oval;
color light green; substance soft and gelatinous.
F. S. COLLINS.
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Phycotheca Boreali-Americana Collins» Holden 6 Setchell.
1731.	Stigeoclonium tenue (Ag.) Kuetz.
Kuetzing, Phyc. gen., p. 253, 1843.
Wolle, F. W. Algae of the U. S., p. 110, Pl. XCVI, fig. 11, 1887.
Collins, Green Algae of N. A., p. 300, 1909.
Myxonema tenue Hazen, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club, Vol. XI, p. 202,
Pl. XXXII, 1902.
Draparnaldia tenuis Agardh, Dec., No. 40, 1814.
On stones and grass in Lake Merced, San Francisco, California,
June, 1903.
W. J. V. OSTERHOUT & N. L. GARDNER,
An extremely slender form, the main filaments seldom equalling
.006 mm diam., the branches proportionally smaller.
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