Phormidium favosum (Bory) Gomont

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Massachusetts

  • County/Municipio

    Barnstable Co.

  • City/Township

    Eastham

  • Locality

    shore of Salt Pond, forming a thin glossy coating on wall of a spring at high water mark

  • Coordinates

    41.8341, -69.9702

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    380.129

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coordinates of geogr. center of Salt Pond. Measured from coordinates to farthest extent of the pond to find linear extent (368.56 m). Input information into MaNIS Georef. Calc. to find uncertainty radius (Bounded Area).

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

Phycotheca Boreali-Americana. Collins, Holden & Setchell,
1652. Phormidium favosum (Bory) Gomont.
Gomont, Monogr. des Oscill., p. 200, PI. V, fig. 14, 1893.
Forti, Syll. Myxophyc., p. 245, 1907.
Oscillaria favosa Bory, Diet. Class. Hist. Nat.,Vol. XII, p. 466, 1827.
Forming a thin glossy coating on wall of a spring at high water
mark, shore of Salt Pond, Eastham, Massachusetts, Sept. 11, 1910.
F, S. COLLINS.
Stratum glossy black, trichomes light green; in the material from
from Ithaca, New York, distributed as P. B.-A.,No. 291, both stratum
and trichomes are of a bluish purple color.
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