Oedogonium crispum

Oedogonium crispum (Hassall) Wittr. Nova Acta Soc
Sci. Upsal. III. 9 3 : 10. 1874.
? Vesiculifera vernalis Hassall, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11: 434. 1843. Vesiculifera crispa Hassall, Hist. Brit. Fresh -w. Algae 1: 203. 1845. ? Vesiculifera Candollei Hassall, Hist. Brit, Fresh-w. Algae 1: 208. 1845. Oedogonium rostellatum Pringsh. Jahrb. Wiss. Bot. 1: 69. 1857. Oedogonium rernale Wittr. Nova Acta Soc. Scj. Upsal. III. 9 s ; 10. 1874. Oedogonium crispum var. elongatum Wittr. Oefv. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 33 6 : 45. 1876. Oedogonium hispanicum Iyewin, Bih. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 14 1 : 16. 1888. Oedogonium crispum f. vernale Hirn, Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. 27: 161. 1900.
Monoecious; oogonium usually 1, obovoid-globose, operculate, division superior; oospore globose or subglobose, quite filling the oogonium; spore-wall smooth; antheridia 1-5, subepigynous or hypogynous; sperms 2, division horizontal; basal cell elongate; terminal cell apically obtuse; vegetative cell (10)12-16 by 35-80 ju; oogonium 37-45 by 41-53 m; oospore 35-43 by 37-43 fx; antheridium 8-14 by 7-12 (x. Type locality: England.
Distribution: Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, North Carolina, Florida Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, California; AlaskaBritish Columbia; Greenland; Puerto Rico.
Plate 22./. 336, 337.
1 15a. Oedogonium crispum f . inflatum Hirn, Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn. 27: 161. 1900. Oedogonium vestcatum var flavescens Ktitz.; Rab. Alg. Sachs. 271. 1853. Oedogonium rostellatum Pringsh.; Rab. Alg. Eur. 2275. 1872. Oogonium obo void -globose ; vegetative cell 12-16 by 35-95 M ; oogonium 40-50 by 45-53 M ; oospore 37-45 by 38^5 M ; antheridium 8-12 by 9-12 M . Type localityEurope Distribution: Michigan, Florida, Mississippi. Plate 22./. 341.