Phormidium laminosum Gomont
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Filed As
Phormidiaceae
Phormidium laminosum Gomont -
Collector(s)
W. A. Kellerman 5053, 25 Jan 1906
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Location
Guatemala. near Lake Amatitlan, in a pool of very warm water close to a hot spring.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 02348127
Occurrence ID: de2d445f-8f50-475e-af11-bd6e18bc101f
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Exsiccatae
American Algae
Exsiccatae Number: 643
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Kingdom
Algae
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Division
Cyanobacteria
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Class
Cyanophyceae
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Order
Oscillatoriales
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Family
Phormidiaceae
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All Determinations
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Region
Central America
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Country
Guatemala
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Locality
near Lake Amatitlan, in a pool of very warm water close to a hot spring
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Distribution
Josephine E. Tilden. American Algae. 642. Phormidium inundatum Kuetz. Sp. Alg. 251. 1849. Plant mass blue-green, membranaceous; filaments somewhat straight; sheaths thin; trich- omes 3-5 mic. in diameter, straight or curved, not constricted at joints, straight and briefly tapering at apex, not capitate; cells 4-8 mic. in length; transverse walls marked by refringent granules; apical cell obtusely conical; calyptra none. On bottoms of dried alkali ponds. Billings, Montana. Coll. Williams and Griffiths (1) 1 S 1898. Josephine E. Tilden. American Algae. 643. Phormidium laminosum (Ag.) Gomont. Journ. de Bot. 4: 355. 1890. Plant mass forming a dark-colored or reddish firm crust; filaments flexuose, densely intermingled; sheaths narrow, more or less distinct; trichomes 1-1,5 mic. in diameter, pale bluish-green, not constricted at the joints, with straight, briefly attenuated, non- capitate apex; transverse walls not visible. In a pool of very warm water close to a hot spring. Near Lake Amatitlan, Guatemala, Central America. Coll. W. A. Kellerman (no. 5053) 25 Ja 1906. HSHBflfl 02348126 02348127
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Phormidium laminosum Gomont