- Reference
- Pfl.-Physiol.Unters. 2:532 (1858)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus epiphytic, 30–125 µm tall exclusive of hairs; original spore persisting as a unicellular base. Erect filaments 20–100 µm long, commonly curved, simple or with a few secund or irregular laterals; cells barrel-shaped to cylindrical, 3–10 µm long, 3–7 µm diam., smaller near the apices [L:B 0.7–2]. Plastids parietal, laminate to axial and stellate. Terminal and pseudolateral hairs to 100 µm long.
Reproduction. Monosporangia ovoid, 5–10 µm long, 4–7 µm diam., terminal or lateral, solitary, rarely in pairs, sessile or stalked, adaxially seriate or scattered. Other reproductive structures unknown in Australian collections.
Distribution. Almost cosmopolitan.
Habitat. Epiphytic on a wide variety of algae.
[After J.M. Huisman & W.J. Woelkerling in Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 2. Red Algae: 22 (2018)]
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Manjimup.