Tolypothrix tenuis Kütz.

  • Filed As

    Microchaetaceae
    Tolypothrix tenuis Kütz.

  • Collector(s)

    J. E. Tilden s.n., Mar 1909

  • Location

    United States of America. Minnesota. University of Minnesota, Botanical Department, in tank.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02348112

    Occurrence ID: 29102230-d649-4943-8f59-4f239c11ef90

  • Exsiccatae

    American Algae

    Exsiccatae Number: 628

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  • Kingdom

    Bacteria

  • Division

    Cyanobacteria

  • Class

    Cyanophyceae

  • Order

    Nostocales

  • Family

    Microchaetaceae

  • All Determinations

    Tolypothrix tenuis Kütz.

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Minnesota

  • Locality

    University of Minnesota, Botanical Department, in tank

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Josephine E. Tilden. American Algae.
628.	Tolypothrix tenuis Kuetz. Phyc. Gen. 228. 1843.
Plant mass caespitose-floccose, blue-green, becoming dark-colored; filaments, 8-10 mic.
in diameter, repeatedly branched; false branches erect-patent, flexuously curved;
sheaths membranaceous, thin, usually inflated at base of branches, hyaline or yellowish ;
trichomes 6-8 mic. in diameter, cylindrical, Çlue-green; cells equal to or longer than
the diameter; heterocysts 1-5 in number.
In tank.
Botanical Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
J. E. T. Mr 1909.
Josephine E. Tilden. American Algae.
629.	Scytonema fuliginosum«. sp.
Plant mass thin, blue-green; filaments 28-50 mic. in diameter; sheaths folded into many
laminations; lamellae much dilated, dark brown (fuligineus) in thicker parts; trich-
omes 10-20 mic. in diameter, gray-green; cells 1.4-5 mic- long, shorter than broad;
heterocysts 12x16 mic., globose or oval, or subquadrate.
Forming a thin stratum on bottom of small shallow tide pool just below high tide.
Pahala Plantation beach, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands.
J. E. T. 4 J1 1900.	• I
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