Prasiola furfuracea
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
Order: | Prasiolales |
Family: | Prasiolaceae |
Genus: | Prasiola |
Species: | P. furfuracea
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Binomial name | |
Prasiola furfuracea (Mertens ex Hornemann) Trevisan 1842
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Synonyms | |
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Prasiola furfuracea is a small green alga that grows terrestrially.[1]
Description
[edit]This small alga is dark green and grows to no more than 2 mm long. The frond is membranous, one cell thick, and fan shaped. It is attached by a short stipe, which may be absent, or rhizoids on some cells at the base. The cells are often arranged in lines across the blade.[2] There are over 25 species in this genus, all very similar.[3]
Habitat
[edit]Occurs in damp places in woodland or in tufts above high water mark.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Recorded from Scotland in the Shetland Isles and Orkney Isles.[2] In County Antrim in Ireland.[4] Elsewhere in Europe: Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Faeroes and the Baltic Sea.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Prasiola furfuracea (Mertens ex Hornemann) Trevisan". Algaebase.
- ^ a b c d Burrows, E.M. 1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta Natural History Museum, London. ISBN 0-565-00981-8
- ^ Bunker, F.StP.D., Brodie, J.A., Maggs, C.A. and Bunker, A.R. 2017. Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. Second Edition. Wild Nature Press. ISBN 978-0-9955673-3-7
- ^ Morton, O. 1994. Marine Algae of Northern Ireland Ulster Museum. ISBN 0-900761-28-8