Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: fredg on June 05, 2015, 12:42:03 PM
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Three Liverworts I have encountered lately, I'd appreciate views on identification please
I acquired another specimen of Marchantia polymorpha today from the local nursery I get my sphagnum moss peat from. I love the expression in their eyes when you permission to appropriate some. It's a sort of " Oh Gz! Where did I leave the taser and straitjacket". I did compliment them on growing such cracking Liverworts too.
No.1 Growing on rock in river, it' has warts
No.2 Growing on rock in river, no warts
No.3 Growing under a dripping drainage pipe on stone, very wet It's a hang upside down over the river and hope you don't start slipping kind of photo.
The scale is mm
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Nos 1 and 2 look like Pellia species, Fred. Most likely are P. epiphilla and P. endiviifolia, but you would need to see reproductive parts to be sure.
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Thank you Chris, it concurs with my novice ID. That's encouraging.
The Marchantia specimen I obtained from the nursery had both male and female parts. Unlike others |I have from different location which have either male or female parts and (cover your ears ladies) the male bits are very much larger than the others. I think the old army expression used to be 'excused shorts'.