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Observations on Aphanizomenon flos-aquae
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Aphanizomenon flos-aquae Ralfs ex Bornet & Flahault 1886
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: Byssus flos-aquae Linnaeus 1753
Conferva flos-aquae (Linnaeus) Roth 1806
Oscillatoria flos-aquae (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819
Nostoc papyraceum S.F.Gray 1821
Trichodesmium flos-aquae Ehrenberg 1830
Sphaerozyga flos-aquae (Linnaeus) Corda 1836
Limnochlide flos-aquae (Linnaeus) Kützing 1843
Micraloa flos-aquae (Linnaeus) Trevisan 1845
Trichormus flos-aquae (Linnaeus) Ralfs 1850
Aphanizomenon cyaneum Ralfs ex Bornet & Flahault 1888
Aphanizomenon holsaticum P.G.Richter 1891
Aphanizomenon americanum E.G.Reinhard 1896
Aphanizomenon flos-aquae f. holsaticum (P.G.Richter) Elenkin 1938
Aphanizomenon flos-aquae f. typicum Elenkin 1938

Sampling date 05/2011. Scale bar indicates 250 µm.
The cyanobacteria genus Aphanizomenon is well known as an ingredient of health food providing lots of vitamins and trace elements But some strains are toxic.
Place name: Creek in Oder valley 100 km north east of Berlin (Germany).
Latitude: 53.135032 Longitude: 14.348738
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070. DOF image.

Sampling date 08/2021. Scale bar indicates 2 cm.
Huge colonies, many of them were about 1cm long! The images below show details.
Place name: Wetland Seekamper Seewiesen in Schilksee (Kiel, Germany).
Latitude: 54.410447 Longitude: 10.159699
Camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII.
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Scale bars indicate 2 mm (1, 2), 0.5 mm (3, 4) and 100 µm (5, 6).
Six images of the huge colonies.
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Place name: Wetland Seekamper Seewiesen in Schilksee (Kiel, Germany).
Latitude: 54.410447 Longitude: 10.159699
Stereomicroscope Olympus SZX16, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII.
© Wolfgang Bettighofer,
images under Creative Commons License V 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA).
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var. lamellosum
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var. latum
oblongum
interruptum
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spec.
kinahanii
spec.
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var. polymorphum
spec.
spirostriolatum
digitus
brebissonii
rotata
swartzii
capitulum
antilopaeum
neosinuosum
brebissonii
pachydermum
thomasiana
var. notata
ansatum
forficulatum
var. verrucosum
neodepressum
armatum
oblongum
porteanum
truncata
rhomboidale
furcatum
uncinatum
dissiliens
pseudonitidulum
var. validum
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var. bahusiensis
bidentatum
hirsutum
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var. quadrata
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var. gutwinskii
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borreri
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coeseli
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bicuneatum
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crenulatum
crassum
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didelta
spongiosum
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crassa
digitus
var. lamellosum
digitus
var. latum
oblongum
interruptum
spec.
spec.
kinahanii
spec.
polymorphum
var. polymorphum
spec.
spirostriolatum
digitus
brebissonii
rotata
swartzii
capitulum
antilopaeum
neosinuosum
brebissonii
pachydermum
thomasiana
var. notata
ansatum
forficulatum
var. verrucosum
neodepressum
armatum
oblongum
porteanum
truncata
rhomboidale
furcatum
uncinatum
dissiliens
pseudonitidulum
var. validum
truncata
var. bahusiensis
bidentatum
hirsutum
cucurbitinum
minor
pyramidatum
truncata
var. quadrata
binale
var. gutwinskii
inconspicuum
borreri
americana
quadratulum
trabecula
var. elongatum
coeseli
margaritacaeum
bicuneatum
apiculata
simplicius
crenulatum
crassum
simonyi
var. sparsiaculeatum
caelatum
crux-melitensis
sparsepunctatum
ehrenbergii
didelta
spongiosum
var. perbifidum
connatum
denticulata
subarctoum
trabecula
var. trabecula
humerosum
teliferum
dejectus
spec.
conspersum
komarekii
papillifera
arboricola
venustum
var. excavatum
viridis
pulchellum
tripus
granulatus
var. granulatus
subspicatus
humerosum
var. affine
nostochinearum
convergens
arcuata
integrum
aureus
rotata
lunaris
grevillei
lunatus
alternans
irregularis
laevis
var. laevis
ehrenbergianum
luetkemuelleri
var. carniolicum
reticulatum
tetras
limneticum
viridis
cystozygote
tetrachotoma
simplex
var. sturmii
biradiatum
microporum
var. octaedricum
braunii
reinhardtii
pusillum
lacustris
speculum
diaphanum