Ever seen pink snow?

This is commonly referred to as "watermelon snow" but in fact it is a green algae according to scientist Ron Hoham a professor at Colgate in upstate NY. In what I could find online about it it's been around since Aristotle. It's said to live above the treeline in alpine meadows around 10-12,000', especially in the Sierra Nevada's in summer, but this was taken in my front yard at Trinity at 2800', so I guess they don't know everything. Trinity definitely has it's own macro climate unlike many other places close by, mainly in part I believe because of the valley we are in that has the PCT to the north and mountains on 3 sides. You've heard not to eat yellow snow but this could be worse instead of just a bad taste it can give you the ________ you can fill in the blank but it isn't much fun.