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]
Habitatedit
Occurs in damp places in woodland or in tufts above high water mark.[2]
prasiola, furfuracea, small, green, alga, that, grows, terrestrially, scientific, classification, unranked, viridiplantae, division, chlorophyta, class, trebouxiophyceae, order, prasiolales, family, prasiolaceae, genus, prasiola, species, furfuracea, binomial,. Prasiola furfuracea is a small green alga that grows terrestrially 1 Prasiola furfuracea Scientific classification unranked 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 Kutzing 1845 Contents 1 Description 2 Habitat 3 Distribution 4 ReferencesDescription editThis 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 editOccurs in damp places in woodland or in tufts above high water mark 2 Distribution editRecorded 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 nbsp This green algae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Prasiola furfuracea amp oldid 1219050123, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
