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Red Algae

Rhodophyta

Photo by HemaShah
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Field Notes

Description:

I found this red stuff growing along the creek. Did not know how to categorize it.

Habitat:

riparian

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (9)
suzmonk
OK. Red, freshwater algae ... hurrah!
HemaShah
The Rhodophyta are a moderately diverse, but extremely ancient, group of marine organisms
HemaShah
Thanks for you feedback ,Shebe!:)
shebebusynow
This looks to be a kind of algae (aka "seaweed"), which would put it in Kingdom Protista, and most likely one of the Rhodophyta that live in freshwater. I am not familiar with the species.
HemaShah
There was a fair amount in batches along the creek. Out of reach so could not feel it.
suzmonk
Hmm. How big was it? Was there a lot of it around or just the one clump? Spongy to the touch? It's going to be interesting to see what this turns out to be!
HemaShah
added another pic for ID purposes.This was growing along with lichen.
HemaShah
Thanks for you valuable feedback Marta.I looks more like a plant than a fungus. Can moss be categorized as plant?
The MnMs
I think is either a moss-like plant or a fungus.

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