Egg or Knotted Wrack
Egg or Knotted Wrack

Wrack growing through the sand on the south side of Barafundle Beach.
The release of spores in the spring from the fruiting bodies of the Wrack
allows a parasite to enter and grow tufts up to 5cm long in the wrack.

Ref: 10544

Date: 28/07/2012

Location: Barafundle Beach

Egg or Knotted Wrack

Wrack growing through the sand on the south side of Barafundle Beach.
The release of spores in the spring from the fruiting bodies of the Wrack
allows a parasite to enter and grow tufts up to 5cm long in the wrack.

Ref: 10544

Date: 28/07/2012

Location: Barafundle Beach