On
5th February I showed
Conocephalum conicum growing over the top of another, smaller, liverwort. After some microscopy I have now identifed the small liverwort as
Pellia epiphylla. Here's a closer shot:
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tZ447WZizBg/SZwPgLpStHI/AAAAAAAAA0M/D2GKLcHy8TQ/s280/liverwort-habit-web.jpg)
Sample shown is about 6 cm. across. (Note the female reproductive structure to the extreme right, just above centre:)
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZ447WZizBg/SZwbHsCzImI/AAAAAAAAA0c/z5IHZRcBlxE/s280/liverwort-structure-web.jpg)
Here's one of the photomicrographs that I took as part of the identification process. It shows a darker area to the left which is actually a thickening along the midrib:
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tZ447WZizBg/SZwQhd6PglI/AAAAAAAAA0U/OZEhLzBKevc/s280/liverwortx40.jpg)
Magnification is x 40.
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