Large Thallose Liverwort on the trunk of a eucalypt, Victoria, Australia Notice the large brown gemma cups, from which the liverwort disperses its gemmae (a mass of cells, that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual). The gemmae are dispersed when raindrops hit the gemma cups. This is a form of asexual reproduction that is common amongst Bryophyte plants. (photo: Lorraine Phelan) View high resolution

Large Thallose Liverwort on the trunk of a eucalypt, Victoria, Australia

Notice the large brown gemma cups, from which the liverwort disperses its gemmae (a mass of cells, that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual). The gemmae are dispersed when raindrops hit the gemma cups. This is a form of asexual reproduction that is common amongst Bryophyte plants.

(photo: Lorraine Phelan)

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    My botany teacher was OBSESSED with bryophytes. I bet I could still draw
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