misidentified as Pyropia pseudolinearis, Porphyra pseudolinearis

Description: Thallus is a linear blade, one cell layer thick, reaching about 40 cm (16 in) long and 2 cm (0.75 in) wide, usually reddish pink or reddish brown. Male cells are in whitish margins; fertilized female cells are in hieroglyph-like streaks across distal ends of separate female plants. Habitat: occurs on low intertidal rock in spring to early summer. In western Aleutians, this species is found in the high to mid intertidal, where it is more brownish in color.