Question

You are hiking through a bog in northern Maine and notice what appears to be moss growing on the tamarack trees. On closer inspection, you see that the "moss" is composed of translucent (clear) filaments with interspersed spherical green cells. This moss must be _____. (p. 627)a relative of pineapplea zygomycetea lichenblue-green algaea true moss

Answer 1

The correct answer would be C) blue-green algaea.

Step-by-step explanation:

This specific description of the "moss" could lead to thinking that the specimen is an algae called Spirogyra sp. Its main characteristic is the presence of some type of chloroplast chain that is somehow rolled forming spirals around a translucent cell.