WHERE IS SYROGYRA FOUND?

Dear Vanshika,

Spirogyras are filamentous algae that consist of thin unbranched chains of cylindrical cells, named after their beautiful spiral chloroplasts. Spirogyra is a large genus (about 400 species) of freshwater green algae found in shallow ponds, ditches and amongst vegetation at the edges of large lakes, generally growing free-floating. It often grows in short-lived ponds that build up during wet weather, and dry up subsquently.