Anacystis nidulans N.L.Gardner

• Region

  West Indies

• Country

  Puerto Rico

• State/Province

  Mayagüez

• Locality

  Near Laguna Joyuda.

• Coordinates

  18.13, -67.1711

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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DARIUS OGDEN MILLS FUND	BOTANIC

FRESHWATER ALGAE OF PORTO RICO

COLLECTED BY PROFESSOR N. WILLE,

Near Laguna Joyuda, mayaguez February

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Colonies spherical, 25-40 p diam., free; cells usually 16-32
in a colony, but up to 64, subspherical to irregularly angular,
3.5-4.5 p diam. in the juvenile stages,- larger at maturity, pale
aeruginous, homogeneous; resting spores 7.5-9 m diam., of the
same shape as the vegetative cells, with a thin, membranaceous,
smooth, coral-red wall, obscuring the contents, densely crowded
together within the mother utricle; sheath close-fitting, sub-
membranaceous, and coral-red on th^ surface, pale pinkish in
the interior.

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Growing on bark near Laguna Joyuda, Mayaguez, no. 1207 a,

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42. Anacystis nidulans

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mature ............................................................................................................ x 500

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