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C-Fern Image Gallery
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C-Fern
spores.
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Germinated
C-Fern spores.
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Germinated
C-Fern spore stained with acetocarmine.
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Young
hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte.
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Hermaphroditic
C-Fern gametophyte.
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Mature
hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte.
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Mature
hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte.
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Close-up
of the notch region of a mature hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte.
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Close-up
of the notch region of a mature hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte.
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Mature
male and hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophytes.
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Mature
male and hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte.
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Close-up
of notch region of mature hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte stained
with acetocarmine.
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Mature
male C-Fern gametophyte.
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C-Fern
sporophyte with fertile fronds.
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Close-up
of C-Fern fertile frond showing sporangia.
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Cross
section of C-Fern petiole showing aerenchyma with large air spaces.
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Detached
C-Fern sporangium containing spores.
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C-Fern spores (on right) are about 120 um in diameter. Woodfern (Dryopteris sp.) spores and sporangium on left and center, respectively. |
Close-up
of axis of fertile frond showing vegetative bud.
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Cross
section of a C-Fern sporophyte bud.
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