Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Oedogonium pluviale Nordst.; Rab. Alg. Eur. 2257. 1871
? Vesiculifera dissiliens Hassall, Hist. Brit. Fresh-w. Algae 1: 202. 1845.
Oedogonium intermedium Rab. Alg. Sachs. 828. 1859. Not O. intermedium Kiitz. 1843.
Oedogonium diplandrium Juranyi, Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 9: 27. 1873.
Oedogonium Montagnei var. saxicola Wittr. Oefv. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 33 6 : 50. 1876.
Oedogonium fonticola Wolle, Fresh-w. Algae U. S. 93. 1887. Not O. fonticola A. Br. 1849.
Oedogonium Montagnei var. submarinum Wittr.; Wittr. & Nordst. Algae Exsicc. 90S. 1889; Bot.
Notiser 1889: 161. 1889. rte
? Oedogonium fonticola var. flavescens Hansg. Sitz.-ber. Bdhm. Ges. Wiss. 1891: 305. 1891.
Dioecious, nannandrous, idioandrosporous; oogonium 1 (very rarely 2-3), obovoid-globose or subglobose, operculate, division superior; oospore subglobose or subellipsoidglobose, almost filling oogonium; sporewall smooth; vegetative cell varying much in the same plant; basal cell elongate; terminal cell obtuse; androsporangia to 10-seriate; dwarf male broadly obovoid, unicellular, on oogonium; vegetative cell 22-29 by 20-55 ju; androsporangial vegetative cell 18-27 by 18-27 m; oogonium 34^45 by 34r-50 M ; oospore 32-40 by 31-43 fx; androsporangium 17-25 by 6-13 /*; dwarf male 10 by 14-15 /*•
Type locality: Sweden. Distribution : California .
- bibliographic citation
- Lewis Hanford Tiffany. 1937. OEDOGONIALES; OEDOGONIACEAE. North American flora. vol 11. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY