Still, some liverworts with a thallus do have a cuticle (for example the Marchantia and Plagiochasma genuses). Similarly to vascular plants, they’re composed of fatty acids and esters in the 20-28 carbon chain length, assembled by "LTPs" (lipid transfer proteins, see below)

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28. For aquatic like Ricciocarpos natans, the main source of danger doesn't come from above but instead from nibbling fish below. These plants produce purple, tentacle-like scales that extend into the depths and are thought to deter potential predators.

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What fascinates me about plants? It’s understanding how plants and microbes adapted throughout time, witnessing the intensity and intimacy of their interactions. Here: the liverwort Marchantia (cyan) colonised by a symbiotic fungus (magenta)

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Plant science research weekly https://t.co/Y8JburgWWP. Look at a flower, keep your friends under control, plastid signaling, autopolyploid QTLs, liverwort meristems, karrikin signaling via ET. NAC TF and stress, OSCA1.3 in stomatal immunity, & mechanical contraints affect seeds.

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[#Bryology] A synopsis of Colura (Dumort.) Dumort. (Marchantiophyta: Lejeuneaceae) in India.

https://t.co/bbPqaJOI5v
Sushil Kumar SINGH, Devendra Kumar SINGH &
Shashi KUMAR from
Tamás PÓCS from

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Conocephalum conicum also known as The Great Scented Liverwort. It’s the forage plant for the larval stage of the Epimartyria pardella moth and grows here at Sunnyhill Farm

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Contemplating smaller things this week as I delve into the miniature world of mosses,lichens & liverworts.I am reminded of Albrecht Durers’magical work “The greatest piece of turf”a very hard act to follow!

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And the last bryophyte of the series, possibly my favorite of the lot: a great scented liverwort with an Epimartyria moth and a yellow-spotted millipede.

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Flowers for
Hepatica Liverwort, Herb Paris

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