Click on this link : http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/Resources/Botany/Chlorophyta/Spirogyra/ and download image of vegetative structure and conjugation. 

 

• Spirogyra has unique chloroplast. What is the shape of the chloroplast in Spirogyra?

 

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Download and label the image with conjugation using the above link with Spirogyra: male filament, female filament and zygotes?

 

 

(2) Using the link  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/Resources/Botany/Chlorophyta/Chara/ to view the specimen Chara.  Do you find tissues in the thallus? 

List some unique features of Chara thallus distinct than other algae?

 

GROCERY STORE BOTANY

 

Make a trip to your nearby Grocery Store and look for products that contains algae in the ingredient list.

Take picture, write the name of the product and which component is from algae