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NZ Plants
Hymenophyton flabellatum
Family: Hymenophytaceae
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A colony of plants growing on an old log
L Jensen
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Erect stems, 2-4 cm long, terminate in a glossy leaf-like thallus up to 2 cm in diameter
L Jensen
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Thallus cells with chloroplasts
J Braggins
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Underside of a male thallus with antheridia
J Braggins
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Antheridia
J Braggins
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Underside of a female thallus with three reproductive structures. The involucre bracts around the lower one have been removed to reveal an enlarged, fertilised archegonium.
J Braggins
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Maturing sporophytes with stalk (seta) and terminal capsule (black).
J Braggins
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Hymenophyton flabellatum forms colonies with glossy-green fronds. Each frond consists of an erect stem bearing a glossy, lobed palmate thallus. Sperm-containing antheridia and egg-containing archegonia are borne on minute branches attached to the underside of the thallus..
Widespread in New Zealand on litter and old logs in shaded places adjacent to streams.
