Yellow-green-algae
a group of common single-celled and colonial algae of the phylum chrysophyta, having mostly yellow and green pigments, occurring in soil and on moist rocks and vegetation and also as a slime or sc-m on ponds and stagnant waters.
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- Yellow-jacket
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