Dec. 9, 2011 at 1:14pm with 51 notes
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rhamphotheca: Liverwort, growing gemma cups, with fruticose Lichen, Yaugher, Victoria, Australia The gemmae (a mass of cells, that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual) are dispersed when raindrops hit the gemma cups. This is a form of asexual reproduction that is common amongst Bryophyte plants, like liverworts and mosses. (photo: Lorraine Phelan) ah man this is the kind of stuff I wish would show up more in the #botany tag gemma cups are so cool

rhamphotheca:

Liverwort, growing gemma cups, with fruticose Lichen, Yaugher, Victoria, Australia

The gemmae (a mass of cells, that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual) are dispersed when raindrops hit the gemma cups. This is a form of asexual reproduction that is common amongst Bryophyte plants, like liverworts and mosses.

(photo: Lorraine Phelan)

ah man this is the kind of stuff I wish would show up more in the #botany tag

gemma cups are so cool

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    these are really cool!
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    kind of stuff I wish would show up more in...cups are so cool
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