''Pithophora'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomencla ...
of
green algae
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alga as ...
in the family
Pithophoraceae
Pithophoraceae is a family of green algae in the order Cladophorales
Cladophorales are an order of green algae, in the class Ulvophyceae.See the NCBI
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webpage on Pithophora
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This kind of filamentous algae has a coarse texture to it hence often referred to as "horse hair".
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Cladophorales genera
Pithophoraceae
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