Moss Sporangium

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:07 am

What you see here right off is the Calyptra, the sheath covering the Urn. Soon this will fall off, revealing something somewhat similar which is the Operculum and beneath that lies the Annulus and the Peristome, that the later of which, will open to release the spores.

Sony DSC-W5
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1/5 sec. @ f/2.8 ISO 100 EV +/-0
Meiji EMZ-13TR Stereomicroscope
Micro Lite FV 1000 fluorescent ring illumination

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:36 pm

Very sharp focus on this subject Ken. Lots of nice textures also. Now I am going off to look up all the words you have in this post. Thank you Ken

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:44 pm

Hey no problem Doug, just Google'em

. Thanks Doug!