Pyropia torta

Teal nori

Authority: (V.Krishnamurthy) S.C.Lindstrom

Thallus to 22 cm (8.7 in) tall and 6 (2.4 in) cm wide but usually smaller, broadly lanceolate and usually strongly ruffled. Center of blade blue green, margin reddish when reproductive (zygotosporangial).

Habitat

High intertidal bedrock and boulders in winter, disappearing in spring.

North Pacific Distribution

Aleutian Islands, Alaska, to southern Oregon

Former scientific names

Porphyra torta, Porphyra perforata f. patens

Similar taxa

This species co-occurs with Pyropia pseudolanceolata on many shores; it tends to occur slightly lower on the shore, is not as narrowly lanceolate, and is bluish-green rather than olive green in color.