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Rhodophyta
I found this red stuff growing along the creek. Did not know how to categorize it.
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Spotted on Aug 8, 2013
Submitted on Aug 8, 2013
9 Comments
OK. Red, freshwater algae ... hurrah!
The Rhodophyta are a moderately diverse, but extremely ancient, group of marine organisms
Thanks for you feedback ,Shebe!:)
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.
There was a fair amount in batches along the creek. Out of reach so could not feel it.
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!
added another pic for ID purposes.This was growing along with lichen.
Thanks for you valuable feedback Marta.I looks more like a plant than a fungus. Can moss be categorized as plant?
I think is either a moss-like plant or a fungus.