Point Lobos Orange
It covers the trunks and branches of oaks and Monterey Cypress with an orange flocking. Trentepohlia aurea is filamentous terrestrial green alga whose orange coloration comes from carotenoid pigments in its cells. Susan Hanlon was visiting Point Lobos State Park on the Monterey Peninsula when she was impressed by its bold orange display. Point Lobos is most famous […]