Pleurocapsa caldaria (Tilden) Setch.

  • Filed As

    Hydrococcaceae
    Pleurocapsa caldaria (Tilden) Setch. ( isotype )

  • Collector(s)

    W. A. Setchell, L. E. Hunt s.n., 04 Jun 1900

  • Location

    United States of America. California. Sonoma Co. forming an emerald green, rather thick coating on steaming rocks above the "Devil's Kitchen", Geysers.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02049234

    Occurrence ID: e34cf3b2-5b33-4c43-a3d9-bb08fa460108

  • Exsiccatae

    Phycotheca Boreali-Americana, a collection of dried specimens of the Algae of North America

    Exsiccatae Number: 851

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    California

  • County/Municipio

    Sonoma Co.

  • Locality

    forming an emerald green, rather thick coating on steaming rocks above the "Devil's Kitchen", Geysers

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PHYCOTHECA BOREALt~AMERICANA. COLLINS, HOLDEN, AND SETCHELL.
851. Pleurocapsa caldaria setcheii ms.
Protococcus botryoides forma caldaria Tilden, Bot. Gazette, Vol.
XXV, p. 94, PL VII, fig. 18, 1898; American Algae, No. 283,
1898.
Chroococeus varius Tilden, American Algae, No. 198, 1896 ; Bot.
Gazette, Vol. XXV, p. 104, PI. VII, fig. 21, 1898.
Forming an emerald green, rather thick coating on steaming
rocks above the “Devil’s Kitchen”, Geysers, Sonoma County, Calif-
ornia, June 4, 1900.
W. A. SETCHELL and L. E. HUNT.
Clearly a member of the Cyanophyceae and forming a limited
number (4) of schizospores which seem to relate it most closely to
the genus Pleurocapsa.
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