Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Fossombronia sp.

Family: Fossombroniaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
None

The genus Fossombronia is easily recognized as simple thallose liverworts with a cabbage head appearance, ruffled margins, and bright purple rhizoids. We will need to find reproductive material including spores to identify this Fossombronia to species.
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Fossombronia sp., photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Black Range, Emory Pass, October 13, 2011



Fossombronia sp., 3x macro wet, photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Black Range, Emory Pass, October 13, 2011



Fossombronia sp., 40x photomicrograph wet, photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Black Range, Emory Pass, October 13, 2011



Fossombronia sp., 100x photomicrograph of purple rhizoids, photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Black Range, Emory Pass, October 13, 2011


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