ATLAS OF CYANOBACTERIA

Locations

Common in this document has two meanings. For locations in New England (including NY), “common” is used to designate species frequently found in a variety of habitats throughout the region. Dr. Robin Matthews’ locations from WA use “common” to designate those species found at that location on multiple dates and in abundance within the sample. Also, locations from an "IWS water quality monitoring site" may be referenced in more detail at https://www.wwu.edu/iws (follow the links to Northwest Lake Monitoring).

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Chroococcales - Aphanothecaceae

Aphanothece stagnina A. Braun 1863 (Anacystis rupestris Drouet et Daily 1942)

Delaney Pond, Stow MA Common.

Aphanothece nidulans Richter 1884

Delaney Pond, Stow MA Common.

Aphanothece saxicola Nägeli 1884

Entrance to East end of the Hoosac Tunnel, Zoar Rd., Florida, MA

Gloeothece fusco-lutea Nägeli 1849

Dripping calcareous rocks in the Green River Gorge, Leyden MA

Gloeothece rupestris Bornet 1880

Dripping calcareous rocks in the Green River Gorge, Leyden MA

 

Chroococcales - Chroococcaceae

Chroococcus turgidus Nägeli1849

Delaney Pond, Stow MA Common.

Chroococcus giganteus W. West 1892

Small pond on Barlow Mill Rd. near Boston Hollow Rd. Ashford, CT

Chroococcus tenax (Kirchner) Hieronymus 1892

Soil bank by the railroad tracks leading to the Bear River, Shelburne Falls, MA

Gloeocapsa atrata Kützing 1845

Wet rocks along a calcareous ravine, Ithaca, NY

Gloeocapsa rupestris Kützing 1845

Dripping rocks at the head of the Great Gulf Trail, near the summit of Mt. Washington in NH

Gloeocapsa biformis Ercegović 1925

Calcareous rocks in the Bolton Lime Kiln, Bolton, MA

Gloeocapsa kuetzingiana Nägeli 1849

Dripping rocks at the head of the Great Gulf Trail, near the summit of Mt. Washington in NH

Gloeocapsopsis pleurocapsoides Komárek et Anagnostidis 1986

Calcareous rocks in the gorge at Forest Home Park, Ithaca NY

 

Chroococcales-Gomphosphaeriaceae

Gomphosphaeria aponina Kützing 1836

Lake Goodwin, IWS water quality sampling site, Snohomish County, WA Common

Lake Patterson near Winthrop, eastern Washington, Okanogan County, WA

 

Chroococcales - Stichosiphonaceae

Stichosiphon willei Komárek et Anagnostidis 1995

Misc freshwater fish tanks and aquaria, Bellingham area, Whatcom County, WA

Godlewskia (was Chamaesiphon) polonicus Hansgirg 1893

Dripping rocks at the head of the Great Gulf Trail, near the summit of Mt. Washington in NH

 

Chroococcales - Microcystaceae

Microcystis viridis Lemmermann 1903

The Lake in Central Park, NYC

Synechococcales-Synechococcaceae 

Rhabdoderma lineare Schmidle et Lauterborn 1900

Lake Samish, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA

Rhabdogloea linearis Komárek 1983

Small ponds (tarns) on trail to Dock Butte, North Cascades along Hwy 20, Whatcom County, WA

Cyanodictyon sp. Pascher 1914

Lake Whatcom, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

 

Synechococcales-Chamaesiphonaceae

Chamaesiphon confervicolus A. Braun 1865

Deerfield River, Charlemont, MA

Small stream/pond on trail to Stewart Mountain, Bellingham area, Whatcom County, WA

Chamaesiphon incrustans Grunow 1865

Diablo Lake, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Skamania County, WA

 

Cyanophanon sp. Geitler 1956

Cyanophanon minus Geitler 1966

Chamber's Lake, Olympia area, Thurston County, WA

Cyanophanon mirabile Geitler 1955

Bridal Veil Falls outlet and seeps (on trail to Lake Serene), Mt. Loop Hwy, Snohomish County, WA

Geitleribactron periphyticum Komárek 1975

York Street storm water treatment pond, Bellingham area, WA

Heart Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Skagit County, WA

Lake Terrell, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA

 

Synechococcales - Coleosphaeriaceae

Coelomoron Buell 1938

Lake Terrell, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

Snowella litoralis Komárek et Hindak 1988

Lake Whatcom, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

Woronichinia naegeliana Elenkin 1933

Prospect Park, NYC

 

Synechococcales - Merismopediaceae

Merismopedia glauca Kützing 1845

Delaney Pond, Stow MA

Merismopedia elegans A. Braun 1849

Delaney Pond, Stow MA

Merismopedia with Eucapsis

Lake Evan, IWS water quality sampling site, Snohomish County

Eucapsis minor Elenkin 1933

Lake Evan, IWS water quality sampling site, Snohomish County

Panus planus Hindak 1993

Beaver Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA

 

Synechococcales - Leptolyngbyaceae

Leptolyngbya cf foveolarum Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Bathroom sink, Stow, MA

Trichocoleus (was Microcoleus) acutissimus Anagnostidis 2001

Wet calcareous rock wall, entrance to Whatkins Glen Gorge, Whatkins Glen, NY

 

Synechococcales - Heteroleibleiniaceae

Hereroleibleinia cf infixa Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Marine. Plum Island Sound, near Rowley, MA

 

Synechococcales - Pseudanabaenaceae

Pseudanabaena sp. Lauterborn 1915

(with rotifers) Lake Terrell, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA

(w/o rotifers) Lake Whatcom, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom Co., WA

Only w/o rotifers is common

Pseudanabaena arcuata Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Lake Whatcom, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA

Pseudanabaena catenata Lauterborn 1915

Lake Fazon, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA

Pseudanabaena mucicola Schwabe 1964

Grandy Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Skagit County, WA Common

Limnothrix redekei Meffert 1988

Spillway at the old Future Electronics, Stow, MA

 

Synechococcales - Schizotrichaceae

Dasygloea lamyi Senna et Komárek 1998

Deerfield River, Charlemont, MA

 

Spirulinales - Spirulinaceae

Spirulina major Gomont 1892

Tennant Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA

Big Twin Lake near Winthrop, eastern Washington, Okanogan County, WA

 

Pleurocapsales - Dermocarpellaceae

Cyanocystis cf violacea Anagnostidis et Komárek 1986

Marine. Plum Island Sound, near Rowley, MA

Cyanocystis cf hemisphaerica Kaas 1985

Marine. Plum Island Sound, near Rowley, MA

 

Pleurocapsales - Hyellaceae

Pleurocapsa sp. Thuret 1885

Wet rocks in the spillway of the Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA

Pleurocapsa fuliginosa Hauck 1885

Winnapaug lake along Atlantic Ave. in Watch Hill (Westerly) RI

 

Oscillatoriales - Oscillatoriaceae

Oscillatoria princeps Gomont 1892

Bridge over Heath Hen Meadow Brook, Acton, MA

Oscillatoria limosa Gomont 1892

Farm pond, intersection of Comfort Rd. and West Jersey Hill Rd., Danby, NY

Tennant Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

Oscillatoria curviceps Gomont 1892

Canyon Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

Van Buskirk Gorge, van Buskirk Rd., Newfield, NY

Oscillatoria articulata Gardner 1927

Benthic. Delaney Pond, Stow MA

Oscillatoria cf tenuis Gomont 1892

Hop Brook Pond, on the southeast edge of Dutton Rd., Sudbury MA

Limnoraphis (was Lyngbya) birgei Komárek et.al 2013

From culture at Fordham U. Armonk NY. (Mike Kausch)

Moses Lake, eastern Washington, Grant County, WA Common

Lyngbya sp. Gomont 1892

Tennant Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

Lyngbya aestuarii Gomont 1892

Marine. Plum Island Sound, near Rowley, MA

Plectonema wollei Gomont 1892

At the dam behind Scotia Woodworks, Stow (Gleasondale), MA

Blenothrix sp. Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Reed Brook Preserve, Florida, MA. Boreal forest, calcareous.

Phormidium sp. Gomont 1892

Phormidium uncinatum Gomont 1892

Reed Brook Preserve, Florida, MA. Boreal forest, calcareous. Common.

Phormidium subuliforme Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Marine. Halibut Point, Cape Ann, MA

Phormidium irriguum Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Heath Hen Meadow Brook, Acton, MA Common.

Phormidium retzii Gomont 1892

Reed Brook Preserve, Florida, MA. Boreal forest, calcareous. Common.

 

Oscillatoriales - Borziaceae

Borzia trilocularis Gomont 1892

Lake Everett, IWS water quality sampling site, Skagit County, WA

Yaman Pond, Cortland, NY. Aufwuchs.

 

Oscillatoriales-Cyanothecaceae

Cyanothece aeruginosa Komárek 1976

Boardman Lake, Mt. Loop Hwy, Snohomish County, WA Common

Heather Lake, Mt. Loop Hwy, Snohomish County, WA Common

 

Oscillatoriales - Microcoleaceae

Planktothrix agardhii Anagnostidis et Komárek 1988

Harlem Meer, NYC

Arthrospira jenneri Gomont 1892

Tennant Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

Calder lake at the Calder Research Center of Fordham U., Armonk NY.

Microcoleus (was Phormidium) autumnale Strunecky et.al. 2013

The dam at Stearns Mill Pond on Dutton Rd., Sudbury MA

Microcoleus lacustris Gomont 1892

Beaver Plant Lake, Mt. Loop Hwy, Snohomish County, WA

Microcoleus paludosus Gomont 1892

Wet soil. Quarry Hill, Pownal, VT.

Microcoleus vaginatus Gomont 1892

Bolton Lime Kiln, Bolton, MA Calcareous.

Microcoleus vulgaris Strunecky et.al. 2013

from a small rivulet flowing just down the trail from the parking lot leading to the Great Gulf Trail at Mt. Washington in NH.

Symplocastrum (was Schizothrix) muelleri Anagnostidis 2001

Wet depression in a woodland path, Scotia, NY

Symploca muscorum Gomont 1892

Willard Brook State Forest, Ashby, MA. Common

Pseudophormidium (was Plectonema) hollerbachianum Anagnostidis 2001

Garden soil, Stow, MA

 

Oscillatoriales - Coleofasciculaceae

Coleofasciculus (was Microcoleus) chthonoplastes M. Siegesmund et.al. 2008

Marine. Plum Island Sound, near Rowley, MA

Geitlerinema splendidum Anagnostidis 1989

The marsh along Swamp Rd. where Lantern Lane turns and becomes Hiley Brook Rd in Stow, MA

 

Oscillatoriales - Homoeotrichaceae

Homeothrix juliana Kirchner 1898

Under the Boston Hollow Rd. bridge over Bigelow Brook, Ashford, CT

Phormidiochaete sp. Komárek in Anagnostidis 2001

On rocks in the Deerfield River off Zoar Rd., Florida, MA.

 

Nostocales - Tolypothrichaceae 

Hassallia byssoidea Bornet et Flahault 1888

Dripping calcareous rocks in the Green River Gorge, Leyden MA

Tolypothrix distorta Bornet et Flahault 1887

Wet calcareous rock at the Green River Gorge, Leyden, MA

Tolypothrix lanata Bornet et Flahault 1887

Small pool at the bottom of a cascade along the railroad tracks leadingto the Bear River, Shelburne Falls, MA Common.

Tolypothrix calcarata Schmidle 1899

Bolton Lime Kiln, Bolton, MA

Coleodesmium (was Desmonema) wrangelii Geitler 1942

Lake TwentyTwo, Mt. Loop Hwy, Snohomish County, WA

Chuckanut Creek, including seeps, Bellingham area, Whatcom County, WA

Coleodesmium (was Desmonema) floccosum Geitler 1942

Dirt filled crevice on rocks along the Deerfield R. east of Charlemont, MA

Rexia erecta Casamatta, Gomez et Johansen 2006

On rocks in a boreal forest cascade in the Reed Brook Preserve, Florida, MA

On rocks in Workman Brook, Green River Gorge, Leyden, MA

 

Nostocales - Scytonemataceae

Scytonema coactile Bornet et Flahault 1887

Wallace Pond, Ashburnham, MA. Tychoplankton.

Scytonema crispum Bornet 1889

From rocks below the bridge at Forest Home Park, Ithaca, NY. Calcareous here but usually found in the tychoplankton of more neutral locals.

Scytonema mirabile Bornet 1889

Robert Treman State Park (upper side), Ithaca NY. Common in this area.

Scytonema myochrous Bornet et Flahault 1886

Robert Treman State Park, Ithaca NY. Common throughout the area.

Scytonema ocellatum Bornet et Flahault 1887

Van Buskirk Gorge on van Buskirk Rd, Newfield NY. Not uncommon on mosses in New England.

Scytonema hofmannii Bornet et Flahault 1887

Jane E. Hardy preserve (Cornell U.), Ithaca or Enfield, NY. Common but usually overlooked.

Scytonema javanicum Bornet et Flahault 1887

Robert Treman State Park, Ithaca NY. Uncommon throughout the area but occasionally associated with mosses.

Scytonema tolypothrichoides Kützing 1849

Bigelow Brook, just below the bridge on Boston Hollow Rd., Ashford, CT

Petalonema alatum Kirchner 1898

Robert Treman State Park, Ithaca NY. Common here.

Petalonema incrustans Komárek 2012

Green River Valley, Leyden, MA. With Trentepohlia aurea.

Scytonematopsis crustacea Kováĉik et Komárek 1988

Halibut Point, Cape Ann, MA. Marine.

Scytonematopsis starmachii Kováĉik et Komárek 1988 

Algonquin Peak, North Elbe, NY on Racomitrium.

 

Nostocales - Rivulariaceae

Calothrix sp. Bornet et Flahault 1886

Upper Anderson Lake, North Cascades along Hwy 20, Whatcom County, WA

Calothrix fusca Bornet et Flahault 1886

Benthic, in the mucilage on rocks, the east side of the bridge at Hiley Brook Rd. just north of Lantern Lane, Stow, MA

Calothrix parietina Bornet et Flahault 1886

Common in concrete birdbaths

Calothrix confervicola Bornet et Flahault 1886

Winnapaug Pond (salt or brackish water) which is accessed from Atlantic Ave in Watch Hill (Westerly), Rhode Island. Marine.

Isactis cf fluviatilis Wolle 1887

On rocks in the lake (pond) behind the vacant Plastics bldg. at 155 Mill Circle Rd., Winchendon, MA

Dichothrix gypsophila Bornet et Flahault 1886

Wet depression along a gravelly road beside the railroad tracks on the way to the Bear River, Shelburne Falls, MA

Dichothrix hosfordii Bornet 1896

Along the shore of the NW Miramichi River about 1.8 Km NNW of Wayerton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Rivularia minutula Bornet et Flauhault 1886

From the top of a rock submersed just off-shore in the Hudson River, Campsite Rd., Newcomb, New York.

Michrochaete tenera Bornet et Flahault 1887

On Hygrohypnum growing on wet rocks by an unnamed stream near Wayerton, New Brunswick, Canada.

 

Nostocales - Gloeotrichiaceae

Gloeotrichia natans Bornet et Flahault 1886

Wallace Pond, Ashburnham, MA

Gloeotrichia pisum Bornet et Flahault 1886

Wallace Pond, Ashburnham, MA Common.

Gloeotrichia echinulata Richter 1894

Big Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Skagit County, WA Common

Lake Campbell, IWS water quality sampling site, Skagit County, WA Common

 

Nostocales - Hapalosiphonaceae

Hapalosiphon pumilus Bornet et Flahault 1887

Trout Brook Conservation area, Holden, MA Common.

Hapalosiphon hibernicus W. et G.S. West 1896

Keyup Brook, Orange Road, Northfield, MA Very common.

Fischerella muscicola Gomont 1895

Wet mossy patches along the unused Swamp road where Lantern Lane turns and becomes Hiley Brook Rd in Stow, MA.

 

Nostocales - Capsosiraceae

Capsosira brebissonii Bornet et Flahault 1886

On submerged rocks in Keyup Brook, Orange Road, Northfield, MA. Relatively common throught region.

 

Nostocales - Stigonemataceae

Stigonema informe Bornet et Flahault 1886

Near summt of Mt. Washington, NH.

Stigonema turfaceum Bornet et Flahault 1886

On dirt in crevices between rocks along the Deerfield River, Charlemont, MA.

 

Stigonema ocellatum Bornet et Flahault 1886

Myrtle Lake on Mt. Loop Hwy, IWS water quality sampling site. Snohomish County, WA

Stigonema minutum Bornet et Flahault 1886

On rocks along the NW Miramichi River, New Brunswick, Canada. Not common but occasionally found with mosses throughout New England.

Stigonema mamillosum Bornet et Flahault 1886

On rocks in Bigelow Brook, Ashford, CT. Common in the region.

 

Nostocales - Aphanozomenonaceae

Aphanizomenon flos-aquae Bornet et Flahault 1888

Bartlett Pond, Lancaster, MA but common throughout the area.

Wiser Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

Lake Padden, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

Raphidiopsis sp. Fritsch et Rich 1929

Bartlett Pond, Lancaster, MA

Dolichospermum (was Anabaena) Wacklin et. al. 2009

Dolichospermum (was Anabaena) circinale Wacklin et.al. 2009

Wiser Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

Lake Fazon, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

Dolichospermum (was Anabaena) crassum Wacklin et.al. 2009

Wiser Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

Heart Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Skagit County, WA Common

Dolichospermum (was Anabaena) ellipsoides Wacklin et.al. 2009

Lake Patterson near Winthrop, eastern Washington, Okanogan County, WA

Dolichospermum (was Anabaena) flos-aquae Wacklin et.al. 2009

Lake Padden, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

Lake Samish, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

Lake Campbell, IWS water quality sampling site, Skagit County, WA Common

Dolichospermum (was Anabaena) lemmermannii Wacklin et.al. 2009

Grandy Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Skagit County, WA Common

Dolichospermum (was Anabaena) planctonicum Wacklin et.al. 2009

Lake Padden, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA Common

Dolichospermum (was Anabaena) spiroides Wacklin et.al. 2009

Birch BayVillage Lakes, near Bellingham, Whatcom Co., WA

Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii Seenayya et Subba Raju 1972

From culture at Fordham U. Armonk NY. (Mike Kausch)

Nodularia sp.  Bornet et Flahault 1888  

UTEX culture

 

Nostocales - Nostocaceae

Desmonostoc (was Nostoc) muscorum Hrouzek et Ventura 2013

Wet meadow behind Future Electronics, Stow, MA. Uncommon

Nostoc carneum Bornet et Flahault 1888

NY State. Location not recorded.

Nostoc commune Bornet et Flahault 1888

Quarry Hill, Pownal, VT. Common

Nostoc microscopicum Bornet et Flahault 1888

Dripping calcareous rocks in the Green River Gorge, Leyden MA. Exceedingly common on limestone substrates.

Nostoc verrucosum Bornet et Flahault 1888

Macedonia Brook in Macedonia State Park, Macedonia (Kent) CT.

Nostoc kihlmanii Lemmermann 1900

Connecticut Hill Wildlife Management Area, Newfield, NY

Anabaena cylindrica Lemmermann 1896

Highwood Lake, IWS water quality sampling site, Whatcom County, WA

Anabaena echinospora Skuja 1926

Myrtle Lake on Mt. Loop Hwy, IWS water quality sampling site, Snohomish County, WA

Anabaena oscillarioides Bornet et Flahault 1888

The gray calcareous seep on the east facing side of Pisgah Mountain Road., Gill, MA

Trichormus azollae Komárek et Anagnostidis 1989

Stewart Park, Ithaca, NY but really wherever you find Azolla.

Scudder's Pond (Lake Whatcom watershed), Whatcom County, WA Common

Cylindrospermum stagnale Bornet et Flahault 188 8

Along the shore of the farm pond on Rt 110 (Still River Rd), Harvard, MA