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PHYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Egregia menziesii  

Family Alariaceae

(Setchell 1925)

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The sporophytes of the Alariaceae have either branched or unbranched stipes.  They consist when mature of a holdfast, 

stipe, terminal laminae, and lateral outgrowths.  The stipe is 

distinct, at least in the young plant.  The terminal laminae may 

or may not contain a central thickened area, and are either 

plane or rugose. Blades are laterally oriented, and produced 

by a meristematic region borne either on the terminal blade or 

along the stipe. Sporangia are found in sori, and are restricted 

to sporophylls.

References for this page:  

Abbott, Isabella A., and George J. Hollenberg. Marine Algae of California. 

Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA. 1976  

Smith, Gilbert M. Marine Algae of the Monterey Peninsula.  

Stanford University Press,  Stanford,  CA.  1944

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