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Red algae, like Gracilaria, Gelidium, Euchema, Porphyra, Acanthophora, and Palmaria are primarily known for their industrial use for phycocolloids (agar, algin, furcellaran and carrageenan) as thickening agent, textiles, food, anticoagulants, water-binding agents, etc. [87] Dulse (Palmaria palmata) is one of the most consumed red algae and is a ...
Porphyra is a genus of coldwater seaweeds that grow in cold, shallow seawater.More specifically, it belongs to red algae phylum of laver species (from which comes laverbread), comprising approximately 70 species. [2]
Its common name is red rust. Specimens can reach around 10 mm in size. Dichotomous branches are formed. The alga is parasitic on some important economic plants of the tropics and subtropics such as tea, coffee, mango and guava causing damage limited to the area of algal growth on leaves (algal leaf spot), or killing new shoots, or disfiguring ...
Edible seaweed – Algae that can be eaten and used for culinary purposes Aonori – Type of edible green seaweed; Cochayuyo – Species of seaweed, a form of kelp used as a vegetable in Chile; Hijiki – Species of seaweed; Kombu – Edible kelp; Limu; Mozuku – Species of seaweed; Nori – Edible seaweed species of the red algae genus Pyropia
Algae lack the various structures that characterize plants (which evolved from freshwater green algae), such as the phyllids (leaf-like structures) and rhizoids of bryophytes (non-vascular plants), and the roots, leaves and other xylemic/phloemic organs found in tracheophytes (vascular plants).
Palmaria palmata, also called dulse, dillisk or dilsk (from Irish/Scottish Gaelic duileasc / duileasg), red dulse, sea lettuce flakes, or creathnach, is a red alga previously referred to as Rhodymenia palmata. It grows on the northern coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It is a well-known snack food.
Nori (Japanese: 海苔) is a dried edible seaweed used in Japanese cuisine, usually made from species of the red algae genus Pyropia, including P. yezoensis and P. tenera. [1] It has a strong and distinctive flavor, and is generally made into flat sheets and used to wrap rolls of sushi or onigiri (rice balls).
Delesseria sanguinea is a common and bright red perennial alga with flat leaf-like red blades rising from a discoid holdfast. The blades are monostromatic, that is composed of a layers of single cells, and can grow to 25 cm long. Each blade rises from a cylindrical stipe, the stalk-like part, which branches only at near the base.