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Adi Khen
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Zonaria farlowii (“banded fanweed”) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Turkish towel (Chondracanthus exasperatus) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday
October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Golden rockweed (Silvetia compressa) for #PhycologyFriday
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Reposted by Adi Khen
#plants #botany #seaweed #oceanography

'The Smith Seaweed Ecology Lab at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography is showcasing the scientific diversity and natural beauty of seaweeds through the new Ellen Browning Scripps Herbarium Collection. '

today.ucsd.edu/story/ellen-...
Ellen Browning Scripps Herbarium Collection Highlights the Intersection Between Art and Science
The Smith Seaweed Ecology Lab at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography is showcasing the scientific diversity and natural beauty of seaweeds through the new Ellen Browning Scripps Herbari...
today.ucsd.edu
October 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Red sea grapes, Botryocladia (not to be confused with green sea grapes, Caulerpa) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday
October 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The iconic giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) for #PhycologyFriday!
October 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Pterocladiella capillacea (“branched wing weed”) is our seaweed of the week! Did you know it used to be harvested off the coast of Southern California for agar extraction? #PhycologyFriday
October 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Gracilaria sp. (“ogo”) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday
September 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Collage of historical seaweed pressings from 1883 in Santa Barbara by Ellen M. Booth #PhycologyFriday
September 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Elkhorn kelp (Pelagophycus porra) is our seaweed of the week! Endemic to Southern California and Baja #PhycologyFriday
September 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Chaetomorpha spiralis is our seaweed of the week! It doesn’t have a common name as far as I know, but “sea spiral” seemed fitting #PhycologyFriday
September 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“Winged coral weed” (Bossiella orbigniana) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday
September 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Chain bladder kelp* (Stephanocystis osmundacea) is our seaweed of the week!
*Despite its common name, it’s not a kelp but a fucoid… #PhycologyFriday
August 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Sea lettuce (Ulva californica) is this week’s seaweed! #PhycologyFriday
August 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Plocamium pacificum (sea comb) ft. the California sea hare #PhycologyFriday
August 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Feather boa kelp (Egregia menziesii) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday
August 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Sharing this week’s “seaweed of the week” in collaboration with California Seaweed Festival @caseaweedfestival.bsky.social #PhycologyFriday
August 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Southern California seaweed collage #PhycologyFriday
July 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Reposted by Adi Khen
The art of arranging marine algae into designs, bouquets, and even sometimes intricate little scenes, was surprisingly popular in the 19th century. See an album of such pictures by a woman named Eliza A. Jordson here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/album-of-seaweed-pictures-1848
July 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Collage of historical pressings by Mary Snyder for #PhycologyFriday
June 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Digital seaweed art with pressings by @jensmith11.bsky.social for #PhycologyFriday
May 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Some latest seaweed pressings for #PhycologyFriday
May 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Seaweeds from Victoria, BC, Canada for #PhycologyFriday
May 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Red, brown, and green seaweeds #PhycologyFriday
April 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Heart-of-seaweed for #PhycogyFriday
April 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM