Microspora weedii Tilden

  • Filed As

    Microsporaceae
    Microspora weedii Tilden ( type )

  • Collector(s)

    W. H. Weed s.n., 1897

  • Location

    United States of America. Wyoming. Yellowstone National Park, Norris Basin, Growler.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 03685094

    Occurrence ID: 2739529d-3016-4641-a460-f66c5077b864

  • Exsiccatae

    American Algae

    Exsiccatae Number: 275

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Wyoming

  • Locality

    Yellowstone National Park, Norris Basin, Growler

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Determined by Grace S, Phinney
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Josephine E. Tilden. American Algae.
flicrospora weedii Tilden. Observations on some West American
Thermal Algae. Bot. Gaz. 25:95. pi. 8. f. 13. F1898.
Caespitose-floccose, dark green in denser parts, pale bluish-green in thin-
ner portions; vegetative cells cylindrical, sometimes a little constricted
at the septations, 7-9 mic. in diameter, before division .5-3 times longer
than diameter; membrane homogeneous, hyaline, thin.
Bright green. Forms jelly on slope. Temperature 49° C.
Growler, Norris Basin, Yellowstone National Park.
The peculiar bluish-green color is no doubt caused by the action of the
formalin upon the plant, but it is worth noting since it has not been
observed in other formalin material of the green algae. The plant
probably is nearest to M. abbreviata (Rabenh.) Lagerh. but differs from
it in being entirety free from the ferruginous color, in having a thin
membrane, and in its habitat.
Coll. Walter Harvey Weed. 1897.
CRYPTOGAMiC HERBARIUM, FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
JOSEPHINE E. TILDEN
AMERICAN ALGAE
Century III. Published 1898.
Reeved by exchange Irom theFjrtow HerbMium ot Harvard Unlverdty
November 12,1988. Accession No. 607&.
C0500334F
03685094