TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Foreword vii 



Acknowledgments viii 



Introduction 1 



Review of the Literature 5 



Plan and Arrangement of the Catalog 12 



Classified Catalog of Illinois Algae 15 



Phylum: Cyanophyta 15 



Class: Myxophyceae 15 



Family: Chroococcaceae 15 



Pleurocapsaceae 19 



Oscillatoriaceae 19 



Nostocaceae 25 



Scytonemataceae 28 



Stigonemataceae 29 



Rivulariaceae 29 



Phylum: Rhodophyta 30 



Class: Rhodophyceae 30 



Family: Batrachospermaceae 30 



Thoreaceae 30 



Phylum : Chrysophy ta 30 



Class: Xanthophyceae 30 



Family: Botryococcaceae 30 



Ophiocytiaceae 31 



Tribonemataceae 32 



Botrydiaceae 33 



Class: Chrysophyceae 34 



Family: Mallomonadaceae 34 



Syncryptaceae 34 



Synuraceae 35 



Ochromonadaceae 35 



Rhizochrysidaceae 36 



Class: Bacillariophyceae 37 



Family: Coscinodiscaceae 37 



Eupodiscaceae 40 



Rhizosoleniaceae 41 



Tabellariaceae 41 



Meridionaceae 42 



Diatomaceae 42 



Fragilariaceae 43 



Eunotiaceae 47 



Achnanthaceae 48 



Naviculaceae 49 



Gomphonemataceae 59 



Cymbellaceae 61 



Nitzschiaceae 64 



Surirellaceae 66 



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