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C-Fern Image Gallery

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C-Fern spores.
Germinated C-Fern spores.
Germinated C-Fern spore stained with acetocarmine.
Young hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte.
Hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte.
Mature hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte.
Mature hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte.
Close-up of the notch region of a mature hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte.
Close-up of the notch region of a mature hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte.
Mature male and hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophytes.
Mature male and hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte.
Close-up of notch region of mature hermaphroditic C-Fern gametophyte stained with acetocarmine.
Mature male C-Fern gametophyte.
C-Fern sporophyte with fertile fronds.
Close-up of C-Fern fertile frond showing sporangia.
Cross section of C-Fern petiole showing aerenchyma with large air spaces.
Detached C-Fern sporangium containing spores.

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.
Cross section of a C-Fern sporophyte bud.