Sighting 3360611
Oedogonium sp.
A filamentous green alga at Cotter River, ACT
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| Oedogonium sp. | MichaelMulvaney | 25 Oct 2016 | |
| Oedogonium sp. | KenT | 2 Oct 2016 |
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User's notes
Growing in an often dry drainage area adjacent to road. Cell width is around 8 µm, microscope images were made with 10x, 40x & 60x objectives.
1 comment
26 Oct 2016
Stephen Skinner of the NSW Herbarium says "3360611 is indeed a species of Oedogonium, in the special group with the war mace oogonia and oospores, and appears to be close to Oe. itzigsohnii. See Entwisle et al. (2007) page 51."
Location information
- Coordinates 148.847556-35.394083
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 24 Sep 2016 12:51 PM Recorded on
- KenT Recorded by
Collections
- KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Oedogonium sp. Algae, Cyanobacteria, other bacteria and viruses
Species information
- Oedogonium sp. Scientific name
- A filamentous green alga Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible