Oedogonium hystrix

Oedogonium hystrix Wittr. Oefv. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Forh
27: 133. 1870.
Dioecious, nannandrous, gynandrosporous (or possibly idioandrosporous); oogonium 1, ellipsoid, pore median or occasionally below median; oospore ellipsoid, nearly filling oogonium; outer spore-wall echinate; androsporangia 1-3; terminal cell obtuse; dwarf male slightly curved, on suffultory cell; antheridium exterior, 1; vegetative cell 17-28 by 30-120 n; oogonium 38-48 by 45-65 /*; oospore 37-46 by 43-55 m; androsporangium 16-18 by 13-18 m; dwarf male stipe 10-11 by 22-25 ju; antheridium 6-8 by 9-14 m-
Type locality: Sweden. ^ ^
Distribution: Pennsylvania; British Columbia.