snow alga

English

Noun

snow alga (plural snow algae)

1. Chlamydomonas nivalis, the alga responsible for watermelon snow.

Synonyms

• (watermelon snow): pink snow, red snow, blood snow

Translations

Chlamydomonas nivalis

• Scottish Gaelic: lìrean-sneachda m

See also

• ice algae

Further reading

• watermelon snow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:watermelon snow on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chlamydomonas nivalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons