Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Reboulia hemisphaerica is a thallose liverwort of medium size. The pores are conspicuous and surrounded by concentric rings of cells. The dorsal scales have two appendages and mucoid hairs around the edges. Reboulia hemisphaerica is found at upper elevation in mixed conifer forest. ID of this liverwort by Karen Blisard.
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Reboulia hemisphaerica, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, May 20, 2011
Reboulia hemisphaerica, 40x photomicrograph of cross section of thallus, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, May 20, 2011
Reboulia hemisphaerica, 100x photomicrograph of cross section of thallus, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, May 20, 2011
Reboulia hemisphaerica, 100x photomicrograph of thin section through thallus showing pores with concentric rings of cells, photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Catwalk, February 21, 2012
Reboulia hemisphaerica, 100x photomicrograph of thin section through thallus showing pores with concentric rings of cells, photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Catwalk, February 21, 2012
Reboulia hemisphaerica, 100x photomicrograph of thin section through thallus showing pores with concentric rings of cells, photo Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Catwalk, February 21, 2012
Reboulia hemisphaerica, 400x photomicrograph of cross section through pore of thallus showing concentric rings of cells, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, May 20, 2011
Reboulia hemisphaerica, photomicrograph of scale hairs, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, May 20, 2011
Reboulia hemisphaerica, 100x photomicrograph of scale hairs, Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Catwalk, February 21, 2012
Reboulia hemisphaerica, 3x macro of white hair like scales underneath carpocephalum (receptacle) with ruptured sporangia, Karen Blisard & Russ Kleinman, Black Range, Emory Pass, October 13, 2011
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