Pyropia by Josie Iselin (from The Curious World of Seaweed)
Summary
We're diving into the complexities of reproduction, and a story of cultivation.
This story really only applies to Nori, and differs even from other red seaweeds. The diversity of life cycles among seaweeds is staggering. To even call it a cycle implies that it’s a neat, circular loop, which isn’t always the case. Often, there are detours, and free-living phases which may or may not look radically different from each other.
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Show notes
Music in this episode was produced by Hotspring, SANMI, and Yu Su
Further reading:
Nancy Turner's guide to Indigenous Plant Names in Northwester North America (Pyropia is on page 12)
For more fun life phases, see Mastocarpus (another Rhodophyta)
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