Main

Moss in my garde

| Sun, Jul 15, 2018, 10:30 AM



Main

I located some moss plants growing in a shady corner of my garden. 1 On foldscoping, I could make out these were moss protonema (i.e. juvenile moss plants).

On germination spores of mosses form green filamentous leafy structures that usually lak midrib. These are called Primary protonema . These then give way to slightly big leafy structures called Secondary protonema which are attached to the soil by means of rhizoids.

This is what I had learnt in my Botany class, so was thrilled to see it in my slide.

3 4 5

5.1 7

Above are pics of Primary Protonema and a filamentous leaf of the same

8 9 10

Secondary Protonema and its leaf under foldscope

11 11.1

13 12

Capsule -like structures seen arising from the young plants



Locations



Categories

Type of Sample
microorganisms
Foldscope Lens Magnification
140x

Comments