Home › Volumes › Mosses and Lichens

Leafy Mosses

• Leafy Mosses
• The Hairy-cap Mosses
• Fruiting Portion (sporophyte)
• How the Spores Escape From the Spore-case
• How a Spore Becomes a Leafy-moss Plant
• How a Spore-case Is Formed
• How a Hairy-cap Procures a Maximum Amount of Light
• How a Hairy-cap Avoids Too Strong Light
• Vegetative Part
• Leaves of Polytrichum
• The Stem
• Antheridia
• Archegonia
• The Development of a Spore-case
• Calyptra
• Spore-case
• The Lid or Operculum
• Teeth or Peristome
• The Pedicel or Seta
• Asexual Reproduction