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--Apple-Mail-36-496266030 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi, Andrew -- Volvox is a spherical green alga that is generally microscopic, although some of their colonies can get big enough to be just visible to the eye, I think. And they should be actually green, as opposed to the bluish green that most Cyanobacteria show (blue- green bacteria). Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: "Hebda, Andrew J" <HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca> > Date: September 20, 2012 3:57:43 PM ADT > To: "'naturens@chebucto.ns.ca'" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] edible Nostoc balls in freshwater ? > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Not familiar with that name... would these be Volvox? > > A > > -----Original Message----- > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens- > owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of duartess@ns.sympatico.ca > Sent: September-20-12 3:04 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca; Hebda, Andrew J > Cc: Dusan Soudek > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] edible Nostoc balls in freshwater ? > > Know that a 'blue-green algea' has recently been suspected as > causing the deaths of several pet dogs that went swimming in water > that contained it. This was in New Brunswick. Don't know if we're > talking about the same type of thing or not. > Speaking only for myself, however, I wouldn't even chance it. > > Sincerely, > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > > ---- Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: >> Last weekend I canoed through the bogs and marshes of the >> Missaguash River on the border with N.B. At several locations in >> Missaguash Marsh I observed a large number of floating pea-sized >> balls of the blue-green alga (cyanophyte) Nostoc sp., the largest >> concentration I'd ever seen. It looked like someone had dumped a >> truckload of bright green peas into the water. >> I simply had to taste these balls, knowing full well that >> certain cyanophytes produce neurotoxins. But there is some chatter >> on Google that these algae (or cyanobacteria) are edible. >> Has anyone on NatureNS eaten Nostoc? Any ill effects? Do these >> balls have a common English name in N.S.? >> Dusan Soudek >> >> P.S. A local couple we'd met had just collected three buckets of >> field mushrooms on a local pasture near the river. But they didn't >> share their fortune.... >> >> > --Apple-Mail-36-496266030 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Hi, Andrew -- Volvox is a spherical green alga that is generally = microscopic, although some of their colonies can get big enough to be = just visible to the eye, I think. And they should be actually = green, as opposed to the bluish green that most Cyanobacteria show = (blue-green bacteria). Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin = forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"Hebda, Andrew J" <<a = href=3D"mailto:HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca">HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca</a>></font></div><d= iv style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">September 20, 2012 3:57:43 PM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"'<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>'" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>RE: [NatureNS] edible Nostoc balls = in freshwater ?</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Not familiar with that name...<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>would these be = Volvox?</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">A</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-----Original = Message-----</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From: = naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebuc= to.ns.ca</a>] On Behalf Of <a = href=3D"mailto:duartess@ns.sympatico.ca">duartess@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div= ><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: September-20-12 3:04 PM</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">To: <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>; = Hebda, Andrew J</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cc: Dusan Soudek</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Subject: Re: [NatureNS] edible Nostoc balls in = freshwater ?</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Know that a 'blue-green algea' has recently been = suspected as causing the deaths of several pet dogs that went swimming = in water that contained it. This was in New Brunswick. Don't know if = we're talking about the same type of thing or not.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Speaking only for myself, however, I wouldn't even = chance it.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Sincerely,</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Gayle = MacLean</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dartmouth</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">---- = Dusan Soudek <<a = href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> = wrote:<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div> = <blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Last weekend I = canoed through the bogs and marshes of the Missaguash River on the = border with N.B. At several locations in Missaguash Marsh I observed a = large number of floating pea-sized balls of the blue-green alga = (cyanophyte) Nostoc sp., the largest concentration I'd ever seen. It = looked like someone had dumped a truckload of bright green peas into the = water.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>I simply had to = taste these balls, knowing full well that certain cyanophytes produce = neurotoxins. But there is some chatter on Google that these algae (or = cyanobacteria) are edible.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Has anyone on = NatureNS eaten Nostoc? Any ill effects? Do these balls have a common = English name in N.S.?</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Dusan = Soudek</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">P.S. A local couple we'd met had just collected = three buckets of field mushrooms on a local pasture near the river. But = they didn't share their fortune....</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = </blockquote><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-36-496266030--
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