''Printzina'' is a

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Species

''Printzina lagenifera'' (Hildebrandt) Thompson et Wujek.

Description

Appears as small, reddish cushion-like masses. Consisting of entangled filaments of globular or elliptical cells 6 - 12μm wide.. It forms reddish streeks.

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Trentepohliaceae Ulvophyceae genera {{Ulvophyceae-stub