Species:

Elachista fucicola (Velley) Areschoug

Tanglo in Norwegian

Classification

The species Elachista fucicola belongs to:

Division:
Ochrophyta (Brown algae, Brown seaweeds)
Class:
Phaeophyceae
Order:
Ectocarpales
Family:
Chordariaceae
Genus:
Elachista

Photos

Photos of Elachista fucicola (2):

  • Photo of Elachista fucicola
  • Photo of Elachista fucicola

1 of 2: Habit

Photo of Elachista fucicola
Brush-like tufts growing epiphytically on Fucus Photo: © Kjersti Sjøtun Terms of use
Species
Elachista fucicola
Verified by
Kjersti Sjøtun
Sampling location
Store Lungegårdsvann, Bergen, Hordaland
Sampling date
2014-01-14
Published
2014-02-13
Photo is showing (categorized)
  • Thallus
  • Habit

Note: Thallus consists of a basal small and cushion-like part from which numerous uniseriate and unbranched filaments grow to 1-3 cm length. The basal part is covered with paraphyses and unilocular sporangia. The species is always epiphytic, and is normally found on Fucus.

2 of 2: Detail of basal part

Photo of Elachista fucicola
Part of the basal cusion-like structure, showing curved paraphyses and oval unilocular sporangia, and one upright uniseriate filament Photo: © Kjersti Sjøtun Terms of use
Species
Elachista fucicola
Verified by
Kjersti Sjøtun
Sampling location
Store Lungegårdsvann, Bergen, Hordaland
Sampling date
2014-01-14
Published
2014-02-13
Photo is showing (categorized)
  • Holdfast structure
  • Unilocular sporangium

Closest relatives

Other species in the same genus (Elachista):