Prasiola furfuracea is a small green alga that grows terrestrially.

[1] This small alga is dark green and grows to no more than 2 mm long.

It is attached by a short stipe, which may be absent, or rhizoids on some cells at the base.

[3] Occurs in damp places in woodland or in tufts above high water mark.

[4] Elsewhere in Europe: Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Faeroes and the Baltic Sea.