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Schmitz
salal leaf
KOH
about 500u diam
parasitic algae are not the norm. The only species that is common in the United States is Cephaleuros virescens. It causes a disease called algal leaf spot - hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/algal-leaf-spot/
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The green patches on the bottom of the Little Patuxent River is due to a Blue-green algae (Oscillatoria sp.). David W. Force Park, Maryland.
A filamentous alga, three cells of the colonial diatom Melosira, and a Cyanobacterial filament on the left. Cells and chloroplasts are clearly visible inside the cell walls of the alga. Photomicrograph taken with a Coolpix 885 at 3x zoom, using an Olympus microscope equipped with Hoffman Modulation Contrast optics, oil immersion at 1,000x magnification.
One thing about the Hamptons: it's wet. Clammy. Moist. For someone who's been a New Mexico resident for the last fifteen years a walk around East Hampton is more like scuba diving than hiking.
Here's the shingled side of a church. In the shade. North-facing. I doubt it ever dried out. I don't know what this stuff is but my guess is algae. (Could be a fungus.)
I... ahem... bumped up the values a bit. (But it was truly very green!)
Algae from pond water. Photo taken with Zeiss PMII scope 16x plan objective and Canon EOS 60D camera equipped with Zeiss 47 60 10 intermediate tube and Leitz 4x projection lens. Modified brighfield. May be Closterium
Several species of red algae found at the base of a kelp holdfast
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Algae Closterium from pond water. Nikon S-Kt pol. Moticam 2300 camera, 20x Nikon plan objective. Modified brighfield setup.
Rather out of focus, but not too much the worse for it, in a sort of Trippy way...
Ditch, Coe Fen
Fuji Superia 400
Long strands of river algae, found in Mekong, are sprinkled with sesame seeds, tomato and garlic and left to dry int the sun, Laos.
Photo by Terry Sunderland/CIFOR
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