Acrochaete geniculata (Gardner) O'Kelly

from Setchell and Gardner 1920b

Synonyms:

Pseudodictyon geniculatum Gardner

Illustrations:

Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 63, fig. 15 (surface view, microscopic detail); O'Kelly 1983a, p. 17, figs. 1–3 (photos: endophytic habit), figs. 4–11 (photos: development of sporophyte and gametophyte in culture), p. 18, fig. 12 (zoospore), fig. 13 (male gamete), fig. 14 (female gamete), fig. 15 (pseudoparenchymatous cushion in culture); Setchell and Gardner 1920b, pl. 11, fig. 5 (surface view, microscopic detail), fig. 6 (x-section, sporophyte with sporangia)

Pacific Coast Distribution:

Vancouver I., British Columbia (Barkley Sound, Port Renfrew, Sooke: O'Kelly 1983a, p. 15; San Juan I., Wash. (R. Norris and West 1967, p. 115; O'Kelly 1983a, p. 15); Sunset Bay, Coos Bay, Ore. (Doty 1947, p. 7); Trinidad Bay, Humboldt Co., Calif. (Dawson 1965a, p. 6); San Francisco, Calif. (Gardner 1909, p. 375); Monterey Peninsula, Calif. (Pacific Grove: Smith 1944, p. 37; Moss Beach: O'Kelly 1983a, p. 15); Redondo Beach, Los Angeles Co., Calif. (Hollenberg 1971b, p. 281, endophytic in Chondracanthus and thus dubious)

Taxonomy:

O'Kelly 1983a; O'Kelly 1980, p. 42

Life History:

alternation of isomorphic phases; unisexual or bisexual gametophytes producing biflagellate anisogametes, sporophyte producing quadriflagellate zoospores (O'Kelly1983a)

Physiology:

O'Kelly 1982b, p. 134