Ectocarpus confervoides var. variabilis D.A.Saunders

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  California

• County/Municipio

  Monterey Co.

• City/Township

  Pacific Grove

• Locality

  forming light olive-brown tufts on stipe and air-bladders of Macrocystis pyritera

• Coordinates

  36.6234, -121.914

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  2821.57

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coordinates of mdpt of Pacific Grove coast by Measured btw endpts; 1/2ing dist., choosing closest coord. on shore. Meas. from coord.- farthest extent of river =linear extent (2810 m). Input info into MaNIS Georef. Calc. = uncert. rad.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Josephine E. Tilden. American Algas.
358. Ectocarpus confervoides (Roth) Le Jol. forma variabilis Saunders.
Phyc. Mem. in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. HI. 1:155. 1898.
Plant 2-8 mm high; branches alternate; cells 10-30 mic. broad, 1-3 times
as lon'g as the diameter, not constrictcd; plurilocular sporangia lapceo-
late, borne laterally on main stem or branches or rising from creep-
ing filaments, 75-90x16 35 mic.; unilocular sporangia globose or ovate,
*	15-35 mic. wide, single or 2-15 seriate, borne on a one to ¿hree-celled
stalk, mostly on the same filament with the plurilocular sporangia but
less common.
Forming light olive-brown tufts on stipe and air-bladders' of Macrocystis
pyrilera.
Pacific Grove, California.
Coll. and det. De Alton Saunders Au 1895.
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