A flat red that often grows epiphytically on large kelp stalks. Bits found like this are not easy to identify but when there are perfect leaflet edge-proliferations ID can be assured.
Unfortunately there are quite a few very similar small flat reds but these edge-bits are the giveaway.
Wing weed is easier, there being elongated flat wings along the stems. Clearly Ptilota gunneri speaks for itself!
Pictures 4 and 5 may show decaying reproductive features.
"All the plants which look like this are either male or have sporangia. Female plants are tiny (less than 1mm) and inconspicuous" Jo. Corke here http://www.ispotnature.org/node/305838

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