Irish lichens, algae

Kingdom: Bacteria Phyllum: Cyanobacteria
Scytonema sp.
Cyanobacteria

Over 100 terrestrial and aquatic species of Scytonema occur, forming mats comprised of many dark filaments. Some species form part of the symbiotic relationship with a fungus that creates a lichen.

ID by Brian Coppins
Photographs:
January 2010
On mossy tree trunk
Ballingeary
Co. Cork,
SW Ireland.

Scytonema

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