Scanned seaweed pressings, colorful and charismatic #SciArt #PhycologyFriday

“Iridescent cartilage weed” (Chondria acrorhizophora) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Sausage weed (Scytosiphon lomentaria) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

“Sea belly,” or Neogastroclonium subarticulatum (named after its swollen tips), is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

Historical pressings of Florida seaweeds from ~1895 by Mrs. Mary Snyder #SciArt

Ulva clathrata, or “spiky tendrils,” is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Digital seaweed bouquet with my latest pressings #SciArt #PhycologyFriday

Pepper dulse, or Osmundea spectabilis (also called “truffle of the sea” for its distinct flavor) is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

Undaria pinnatifida (“wakame”) is our seaweed of the week! Non-native to California, but you might see it here growing on our docks… and in your seaweed salad or miso soup #PhycologyFriday

Agar weed (Gelidium robustum) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Before and after pressing a juvenile elk kelp (Pelagophycus porra) #PhycologyFriday

Colpomenia sinuosa, commonly known as oyster thief (or sometimes “elephant’s snot”!), is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

“Grape tongue” (Cryptopleura ruprechtiana) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Colors and patterns of California seaweeds #SciArt #PhycologyFriday

Dictyopteris undulata, or “netted wing weed,” is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Bryopsis corticulans (“green hair algae”) is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

Callophyllis flabellulata, the “red sea fan” (no relation to the soft coral; just resembles one) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Pressings of brown Southern California seaweeds #SciArt

“Acid weed,” or Desmarestia herbacea, is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Coral weed (Corallina pinnatifolia) is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

Neoagarum fimbriatum— or “colander kelp,” named after its many holes, is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Red hair algae, or Centroceras clavulatum, is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Sargassum horneri, or “devil weed,” is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

Delicately branched seaweeds for #PhycologyFriday #SciArt

Ulva expansa, or “large sea lettuce,” is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Bouquet of green seaweeds #SciArt #PhycologyFriday

Asparagopsis taxiformis (the red sea plume, or “limu kohu” in Hawaii) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Bouquet of brown seaweeds #PhycologyFriday #SciArt

Laminaria farlowii, or “oarweed,” is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

Leptocladia binghamiae (which has no common name, but “tattered weed” seemed fitting) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Pressings of brown seaweeds from San Diego #SciArt

A bouquet of red seaweeds for Valentine’s Day #SciArt #PhycologyFriday

Pterygophora californica, or “stalked kelp,” is our seaweed of the week. Did you know it can live for up to 20 years?! #PhycologyFriday

The calcified “slender coral weed,” Jania crassa, is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

My latest seaweed pressings #SciArt #PhycologyFriday

Petalonia binghamiae (“sea petals”) is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

Red, green, and brown seaweeds (can you guess which?) #SciArt #PhycologyFriday

Prionitis linearis (or “bleachweed,” due to its smell) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Our paper on using two centuries of herbarium specimens to characterize morphological variation in Egregia menziesii is now out, open-access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PhycologyFriday

Pressings of brown seaweeds from Maine #PhycologyFriday #SciArt

Cladophora graminea, or “mermaid’s hair,” is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

The “sea wart” Encephalophycus tuberculatus (formerly Colpomenia) is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

Endocladia muricata (“turfweed”) is our seaweed of the week #PhycologyFriday

Ulva intestinalis (“gutweed”) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Some latest seaweed pressings: branching reds #SciArt #PhycologyFriday

Dictyota coriacea (“Y-branched algae”) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Cryptonemia obovata (which has no common name, but “red lobe weed” seems fitting) is our seaweed of the week! Red blades are notoriously difficult to identify, but supposedly this is one of the most common taxa in San Diego #PhycologyFriday

Seaweed pressing as an art and a science: our newly reestablished herbarium collection at Scripps and the history behind it #Phycology

Eisenia arborea (the “Southern sea palm”) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday

Rhodymenia californica (“roseweed”) is our seaweed of the week! #PhycologyFriday