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Prasiola furfuracea

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Prasiola furfuracea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Prasiolales
Family: Prasiolaceae
Genus: Prasiola
Species:
P. furfuracea
Binomial name
Prasiola furfuracea
(Mertens ex Hornemann) Trevisan 1842
Synonyms
  • Ulva furfuracea Mertens ex Hornemann 1813
  • Prasiola leprosa Kützing 1845

Prasiola furfuracea is a small green alga that grows terrestrially.[1]

Description

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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

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Occurs in damp places in woodland or in tufts above high water mark.[2]

Distribution

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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

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  1. ^ "Prasiola furfuracea (Mertens ex Hornemann) Trevisan". Algaebase.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Morton, O. 1994. Marine Algae of Northern Ireland Ulster Museum. ISBN 0-900761-28-8