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Lunularia cruciata This plant is sometimes referred to as the "weed" among liverworts as is very common almost everywhere. It is found in gardens and on cinder pathways and often grows in great sheets. This specimen was photographed in the old Buccleuch Parish Church Graveyard where it covers large areas near the entrance gate. The thallus is usually a bright green or yellowish-green colour and this liverwort is easily recognised by the presence of crescent shaped cups. |
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Lunularia cruciata The crescent shaped cups are filled with gemmae, green, disk-shaped vegetative bodies which become washed out by rain and give rise to new liverworts. The image here is of of a plant found in Greyfriars Churchyard and shows the gemmae, some of which have been displaced from the cups The surface of the liverwort is covered with tiny raised pores that allow air and carbon dioxide to reach the cells inside the thallus. |
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