Scytonema ocellatum var. purpureum N.L.Gardner

  • Authority

    Gardner, Nathaniel L. 1927. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 1-144. pl. 1-23.

  • Family

    Scytonemataceae

  • Scientific Name

    Scytonema ocellatum var. purpureum N.L.Gardner

  • Description

    Species Description - Filaments forming a pulvinate or floccose stratum 1-2 mm. thick, 1-1.5 mm. long, 14—18 µ diam.; cells homogeneous, purplish or pale violet, subquadrate to 2 times as long as the diameter; otherwise as species.

    Distribution and Ecology - Growing on soil, Coamo Springs, no. 292 c, type; on soil in a waterfall, about twelve kilometers north of Ponce, no. 1686