Nostoc sphaerosporum N.L.Gardner

  • Filed As

    Nostocaceae
    Nostoc sphaerosporum N.L.Gardner ( holotype )

  • Collector(s)

    J. N. F. Wille 1506, 05 Mar 1915

  • Location

    Puerto Rico. Utuado.

  • Habitat

    On bark. On bark.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00953547

    Occurrence ID: f4fe140e-c530-4b98-a07b-a9facebb139a

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  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Puerto Rico

  • Locality

    Utuado

  • Coordinates

    18.2642, -66.7044

  • Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

    15061.6

  • Georeferencing Method

    Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coordinates of geogr. center of Utuado. Measured from coord. to farthest extent of the municipality to find linear ext. (15050 m). Used MaNIS Georef. Calculator to find uncertainty (Bounded Area).

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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Thallus spherical or in part irregular in form when young,
becoming more irregular with ageup to 600 ¡j diam.; trichomes
moderately flexuous and intricate, not densely crowded, becom-
ing straighter when spore formation begins, 3-3.6 m diam., pale
aeruginous; heterocysts spherical, 6-6.5 m diam., hyaline; spores
spherical, 4.7-5.5 m diam., smooth, hyaline; tegument dirty white,
moderately firm.

Growing on bark among other Myxophyeeae near Utuado, no.
1506 a, type.

The diminutive size of the colonies coupled with the spherical
spores, heterocysts, and cells, constitute a combination of char-
acters distinctive of this species.

Nostoc sphaerosporum sp. nov.

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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN

DARIUS OGDEN MILLS FUND

FRESHWATER ALGAE OF PORTO RI
COLLECTED BY PROFESSOR N. WILL
Utuado March 5-&t 1915

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