Phormidium laminosum Gomont

  • Filed As

    Phormidiaceae
    Phormidium laminosum Gomont

  • Collector(s)

    W. A. Kellerman 5053, 25 Jan 1906

  • Location

    Guatemala. near Lake Amatitlan, in a pool of very warm water close to a hot spring.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02348127

    Occurrence ID: de2d445f-8f50-475e-af11-bd6e18bc101f

  • Exsiccatae

    American Algae

    Exsiccatae Number: 643

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  • Kingdom

    Bacteria

  • Division

    Cyanobacteria

  • Class

    Cyanophyceae

  • Order

    Oscillatoriales

  • Family

    Phormidiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Phormidium laminosum Gomont

  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Guatemala

  • Locality

    near Lake Amatitlan, in a pool of very warm water close to a hot spring

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Josephine E. Tilden. American Algae.
642.	Phormidium inundatum Kuetz. Sp. Alg. 251. 1849.
Plant mass blue-green, membranaceous; filaments somewhat straight; sheaths thin; trich-
omes 3-5 mic. in diameter, straight or curved, not constricted at joints, straight and
briefly tapering at apex, not capitate; cells 4-8 mic. in length; transverse walls marked
by refringent granules; apical cell obtusely conical; calyptra none.
On bottoms of dried alkali ponds.
Billings, Montana.
Coll. Williams and Griffiths (1) 1 S 1898.
Josephine E. Tilden. American Algae.
643.	Phormidium laminosum (Ag.) Gomont. Journ. de Bot. 4: 355. 1890.
Plant mass forming a dark-colored or reddish firm crust; filaments flexuose, densely
intermingled; sheaths narrow, more or less distinct; trichomes 1-1,5 mic. in diameter,
pale bluish-green, not constricted at the joints, with straight, briefly attenuated, non-
capitate apex; transverse walls not visible.
In a pool of very warm water close to a hot spring.
Near Lake Amatitlan, Guatemala, Central America.
Coll. W. A. Kellerman (no. 5053) 25 Ja 1906.
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