Pithophora Explained

Pithophora is a genus of green algae in the family Pithophoraceae.^[1]

This kind of filamentous algae has a coarse texture to it hence often referred to as "horse hair".

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Pithophora. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.