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Penicillus
Penicillus is a genus of algae in the family Udoteaceae. Corallocephalus is a known synonym.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Shaving brush alga
speciesPenicillus capitatus

Bristle Ball Brush
speciesPenicillus dumetosus

Flat-top Bristle Brush
speciesPenicillus pyriformis
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 131343.

