Prasiola furfuracea is a small green alga that grows terrestrially.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | 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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Description
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
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