Bangia fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) Lyngbye
Description: Gelatinous, unbranched, blackish-purple
filaments, at first uniseriate later multiseriate, attached by
rhizoidal outgrowths from basal and adjacent cells. Cells with
central star-shaped rhodoplast with pyrenoid.
Habitat: On rock, wood, etc., as fleecy mat, especially
at high tide level on exposed coasts in autumn and winter,
disappearing in spring or early summer, at other times present
as sparse filaments in shade at all levels and subtidally.
Widely distributed, seasonally abundant.
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Photographs © M.D. Guiry
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