Prasiola furfuracea
{{Short description|Species of seaweed}}
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| taxon = Prasiola furfuracea
| authority = (Mertens ex Hornemann) Trevisan 1842
| synonyms = *Ulva furfuracea Mertens ex Hornemann 1813
- Prasiola leprosa Kützing 1845
}}
Prasiola furfuracea is a small green alga that grows terrestrially.{{cite web|title=Prasiola furfuracea (Mertens ex Hornemann) Trevisan|website=Algaebase|url=http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=181}}
Description
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.Burrows, E.M. 1991. Seaweeds of the British Isles Volume 2 Chlorophyta Natural History Museum, London. {{ISBN|0-565-00981-8}}
There are over 25 species in this genus, all very similar.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}}
Habitat
Distribution
Recorded from Scotland in the Shetland Isles and Orkney Isles. In County Antrim in Ireland.Morton, O. 1994. Marine Algae of Northern Ireland Ulster Museum. {{ISBN|0-900761-28-8}} Elsewhere in Europe: Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Faeroes and the Baltic Sea.
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