Aegagropila linnaei. Moss Balls Bashny.Net

Until recently, filamentous green algae, which are formed into balls, could be detected only in two places - at the bottom of the lake Mivant Japanese and Icelandic "relative" - ​​Akan.





However, more recently, such as balls were recorded in Australia, one of Sydney's beaches. The correct name of these algae in Latin sounds like Aegagropila linnaei. Balls grow to a size of 12 to 30 centimeters, depending on the climate, where they were found. The appearance Moss balls in Australia was the first fact of their existence in the Southern hemisphere. A feature of this type of algae is that they do not grow from the bottom or floating object ball algae grow in all directions from the center of the ball.