Asterella drummondii

1 A thallose liverwort at Hackett, ACT

Asterella drummondii at Hackett, ACT - 26 May 2020
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Asterella drummondii 28 May 2020 RWPurdie
Asterella drummondii 28 May 2020 RWPurdie

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RWPurdie wrote:
   28 May 2020
The bright green, small globular structures are the developing carpocephalums which will house the capsules; as they mature they will be held up on stalks. The purple warty pads on separate branches of the thallus contain the male sex organs or gametangia. (Information from C. Cargill, ANBG).

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