Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Oedogonium amplum Magnus & Wille; Wille, Bih. Sv. Vet.Akad. Handl. 8 18 :40. 1884.
Oedogonium crassum Wille, Bih. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 8 18 : 39. 1884. Not 0. crassum Wittr. 1872.
? Oedogonium rivulare var. majus Wolle, Fresh-w. Alg. U. S. 92. 1887. Oedogonium crassum var. amplum Hirn, Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. 27: 139. 1900.
Dioecious, macrandrous; oogonia 1 or 2, ovoid to obovoid-ellipsoid, pore superior; oospore ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid (or nearly globose), nearly filling oogonium, its wall smooth; antheridia 2-20, division vertical; female vegetative cell 46-54 by 70-160/*, male 42-50 by 65200 ft; oogonium 75-90 by 83-115 ju| oospore 72-85 by 77-100 p; antheridium 40-50 by 8-20 /*.
Type locality: Uruguay. m . . .
Distribution: Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Mississippi.
- bibliographic citation
- Lewis Hanford Tiffany. 1937. OEDOGONIALES; OEDOGONIACEAE. North American flora. vol 11. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
