I hate to admit it, but, I've known about liverworts for quite some time without having bothered to look for them in my neighborhood. Finding them is an interesting challenge — they are tiny and many ...

Numerical analysis of the lengths and positions of the two basal bodies (BBs), lamellar strip (LS) and anterior mitochondrion (AM) relative to each other in mid- and late-stage spermatids of mosses ...

THE speedy demand for a second issue of Mr. Russell's book testifies to its value and usefulnes as a guide to the study of mosses and hepatics. The introductory portion is all that can be desired, and ...

The National Cancer Institute's record of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) screened for biologically active chemicals is reviewed. In 1977, an extract of a moss from Maryland, ...

Scientists from the University of Bern and ETH Zurich have, for the first time, investigated the pharmacological effects of a compound found in a rare moss called liverwort. The compound closely ...

NOTWITHSTANDING the frequent use of the term “lifehistory,” the book under consideration only deals with the morphological side of the subject, and will be of greater service to systematists than to ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---In the history of life on earth, one intriguing mystery is how plants made the transition from water to land and then went on to diversify into the array of vegetation we see today, ...

Mosses and liverworts are everywhere in Taiwan, adding color and interest to both the most mundane and the most extreme of habitats. A survey of the nation's flora over two years, conducted by a ...

This photo-based field guide to the more common or distinctive bryophytes of northeastern North America gives beginners the tools they need to identify most specimens without using a compound ...

HOW TO KNOW THE MOSSES AND LIVERWORTS PICTUREDKEYS FOR DETERMINING MANY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MOSSES AND LIVERWORTS WITH SUGGESTIONS AND AIDS FOR THEIR STUDY ...

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I tend to notice liverworts the most while hiking in the mountains, probably because I am spending so much time looking down, trying not to trip. While the trees both down here near the coast and up ...