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Re: spirulina



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> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 14:04:54 -0500
> From: "David W. Webb" <dwebb at ti_com>
> Subject: Re: spirulina
>

[snip]

> Mmmmm.  Well, spirulina, or at least I'm pretty sure that's what it is, is
> a green, non-encrusting, non-attached filamentous algae.  It grows in mats,

[snip]

>
> David W. Webb

I have to agree with Paul's earlier opinion on the ID of this algae.
Spirulina is a single-cell bluegreen algae with spiral-shaped cells that
grows better in brackish water or sea water than it does in freshwater.

Maybe spirogyra?

Roger Miller