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Observations on Actinotaenium cucurbita

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Actinotaenium cucurbita (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Teiling 1954

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Cosmarium cucurbita Brébisson ex Ralfs 1848

Add’l Synonyms: Dysphinctium cucurbita (Brebisson ex Ralfs) Grunow 1859
                               Calocylindrus cucurbita (Brebisson ex Ralfs) Kirchner 1878
                               Cosmarium cucurbita f. majus West 1892
                               Cosmarium cucurbita f. latius West 1892
                               Cosmarium cucurbita var. attenuatum G.S.West 1904
                               Cosmarium cucurbita f. latius West & G.S.West 1908
                               Actinotaenium cucurbita f. latius (West & G.S.West) Teiling 1954
                               Actinotaenium cucurbita var. attenuatum (G.S.West) Teiling 1954
                               Actinotaenium cucurbita f. majus (West) Teiling 1954
                               Cosmarium cucurbita var. latius (West & West) Willi Krieger & Gerloff 1969

Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 20 µm.

Place name: Wetland Paradieswiese near Kitzbühel (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.47375067 Longitude: 12.37624884 Elevation: 777 m

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