by Lukáš Novák — You may be fa­mil­iar with some red al­gae even with­out re­al­iz­ing it, as many species have pro­found eco­log­i­cal, in­dus­trial, and culi­nary im­por­tance! Macro­scopic red al­gae rep­re­sent one third of all sea­weeds grown in aqua­cul­ture world­wide and cre­ate half of the eco­nomic value gen­er­ated by this in­dus­try. Among the most com­monly used are species of the genus Py­ropia...