Algae

Algae

Algae refers to a large varying group of single or multicellular autotrophic organisms.

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lichens

Plants; Algae

Any of a group of plants formed by a mutual combination of an alga and a fungus.

A group of algae, formerly considered fungi, whose exact taxonmomic level is unsettled. Many consider oomycetes (oomycota) a phylum in the kingdom stramenopila, or alternatively, as pseudofungi in ...

seaweed

Plants; Algae

Marine algae widely distributed in the ocean, occurring from the tide level to considerable depths, free-floating (planktonic) or anchored to the substratum (benthic). They lack a specialized ...

red algae

Plants; Algae

Algae of the division rhodophyta, in which the red pigment (phycoerythrin) predominates. However if this pigment is destroyed, the algae can appear purple, brown, green, or yellow. Two important ...

green algae

Plants; Algae

Algae of the division chlorophyta, in which the green pigment of chlorophyll is not masked by other pigments. Green algae have over 7000 species and live in a variety of primarily aquatic habitats. ...

ochromonas

Plants; Algae

A genus of golden-brown algae in the family ochromonadaceae, found mostly in freshwater. They bear two unequal flagella and are heterotrophic.

golden-brown algae

Plants; Algae

Microscopic fresh water algae in the family chrysophyceae. They share many features with the brown algae but are planktonic rather than benthic. Though most are photosynthetic, they are not ...