Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Bulbochaete insignis Pringsh. Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 1: 73. 1857
? Bulbochaete Pringsheimiana Archer, Quart. Jour. Micr. Sci. II. 6: 122. 1866.
Bulbochaete speciosa Wittr. Oefv. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 27: 143. 1870.
? Bulbochaete pachyderma Reinsch. Contr. Alg. Fung. 1: 82. 1875.
? Bulbochaete anomala Nordst. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. II. 22 8 : 8. 1888.
Dioecious, nannandrous, gynandrosporous; oogonium ellipsoid, erect or patent, below androsporangium or terminal seta or vegetative cell; oospore ellipsoid with broadly denticulate longitudinal costae on the outer oosporewall ; androsporangia epigynous or scattered, 1-?; dwarf male near or on oogonium; antheridia exterior, 1-3; vegetative cell 19-25 by 48-88/*; oogonium 46-56 by 70-90 v; oospore 44-54 by 68-88 /i; androsporangium 16-20 by 9-25 /a; dwarf male stipe 16-19 by 29-33 /*; antheridium 10-13 by 7-10 m-
Type locality: Germany.
Distribution: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, North Carolina, Florida; Alaska.
Plate 5./. 51.
- bibliographic citation
- Lewis Hanford Tiffany. 1937. OEDOGONIALES; OEDOGONIACEAE. North American flora. vol 11. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
