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Fuzzy greens	Ulothrix spp
	Here growing on (epiphytic on) Fucus

Is this the same species as presently growing on “rocks”?

(Usually it is on ‘tar spot’ a red algal crust that is the alternate life history phase of mastocarpus as below

	Early in the season
	Yes I know it only looks like a hint of green but the there are hundreds nay thousands of 1 cell wide filaments there and they will become more ‘obvious’ later in the spring. But they will soon then ‘disappear’ into the alternate phase (codiolum stage”) which often lives within this black encrusting algae it is growing on now

	For more details see the file where cultured (grown under controlled conditions in growth chambers) Ulothrix illustrated

Created by LG on Feb/6/2005

Last updated on Thursday, February 17, 2005