Sighting 3360563
Phormidium
A Cyanobacteria at Kowen, ACT
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| Phormidium | MichaelMulvaney | 25 Oct 2016 | |
| Oscillatoriaceae (fam. freshwater Cyanobacteria) | KenT | 1 Oct 2016 |
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User's notes
Growing in a temporary creek. Microscope images made with 10x,20x,40x & 60x objectives. Filaments of a uniform 7 µm width, a sheath appears to be present. It is possibly a species of Phormidium.
1 comment
26 Oct 2016
Stephen Skinner of the Herbarium of NSW says "330563 is a species of the large, and plastic, genus Phormidium, in the Phormidiaceae of the Oscillatoriales. In McGregor, GB (2007) Freshwater Cyanoprokaryota of North Eastern Australia 1 Oscillatoriales Flora of Australia Supplementary Series Number 24 ABRS/Canberra this appears close to P. papyraceum, but you would need the measurements."
Location information
- Coordinates 149.355167-35.322889
- Maps Kowen Woodland
- Places Kowen, ACT
Sighting information
- 1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
- 26 Sep 2016 10:16 AM Recorded on
- KenT Recorded by
Collections
- KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Phormidium Algae, Cyanobacteria, other bacteria and viruses
Species information
- Phormidium Scientific name
- A Cyanobacteria Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible