Freshwater Algae
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of several hundred freshwater algae specimens. These date from 1845 to 2000. This collection contains pressed and dried herbarium sheets and several small specimens on card mounted on to larger sheets. The specimens are mainly from the British and Irish Isles. The Glasgow Museums civic collection (GLAM) comprises 19 species folders, which represent the main groups and families. With the exception of some dates and localities, particularly Cumbrae and the Glasgow area, there is little data for these specimens. Freshwater specimens are included in the University of Glasgow collection (GL), founded by Professor G W Arnott. The Strathclyde collection (GGO) is centred on the collection of Professor R Hennedy from the Glasgow and Gourock area, with small numbers from widespread locations such as Penzance, Edinburgh, Ireland and Sussex. Stoneworts (Charophytes) are represented by over 60 specimens. The GGO collection includes five named stoneworts (three from Ireland and two from Scotland), together with 16 unnamed specimens. Stoneworts in the GLAM collection include some 40 specimens, mainly from H & J Groves, D Douglas, G Horn, R Mackechnie, H Searle, W Curnow and A Brotherstone. There is also a small collection of Charophytes from Sardinia in the 1860s made by Dr Marcucci.
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