Oedogonium sp.

A filamentous green alga at Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

	Oedogonium sp.	25 Oct 2016	MichaelMulvaney
	Oedogonium sp.	2 Oct 2016	KenT

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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.

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

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."

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Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
24 Sep 2016 12:51 PM Recorded on
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Species information

Oedogonium sp. Scientific name
A filamentous green alga Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
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