Urospora spp. sporophyte

from Setchell and Gardner 1920b

Illustrations:

Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 95, fig. 51 (habit, young plants); Bold and Wynne 1985, p. 213, fig. 3.121e (photo: mature and immature plants), fig. 3.122 (zoospore and anisogametes); Burrows 1991, p. 55, fig. 15B (habit); Jao 1937, pl. XII, fig. 6 (habit); Kornmann 1961a, p. 253, fig. 1 (mature plants); Kornmann 1961b, p. 43, fig. 1A (photo: mature plants), p. 46, fig. 3: C (copulation of anisogametes), D, E (development of unicellular plants); Kornmann 1966b, pp. 415–422, figs. 5–13 (photos: young and mature plants); Lokhorst and Trask 1981, p. 413, fig. 3a–h (habit, plants from various localities), pl. 1: 5, 6 (photos: mature plants); Scagel 1966, pl. 7, figs. H, I (mature plants), fig. J (zoospore); Setchell and Gardner 1920b, pl. 15, fig. 2 (habit)

Pacific Coast Distribution:

Vancouver I., British Columbia (Scagel 1957, p. 60); Washington (Friday Harbor, San Juan I.: Setchell and Gardner 1920b, p. 151; Brown I., San Juan Is.: Jao 1937, p. 99); Lighthouse Beach, Coos Co., Ore. (Chadwick in UC); Trinidad, Humboldt Co., Calif. (DeCew in UC); Dillon Beach, Marin Co., Calif. (Kjeldsen 1995, p. 5)

Life History:

see Taxonomic Notes, p. 000

Biology/Ecology:

Hanic 1965, p. 36