Liverworts and Mosses Slide Set

Product Details

The liverworts and mosses microscope slide set offers close-up study of 15 land plants in the Bryophyta division. Lacking a vascular system for transporting water, these plants grow in moist places for direct cell absorption. Slide set includes a full-color brochure with corresponding pictures.

Liverworts (Hepaticae):
• Marchantia, liverwort, l.s. of antheridial branch
• Marchantia, liverwort, l.s. of archegonial branch
• Marchantia, liverwort, l.s. of mature sporogon
• Marchantia, liverwort, t.s. of thallus with gemma cup
• Ricciocarpus, t.s. of thallus showing sexual organs
• Ricciocarpus, t.s. of thallus showing sporophytes

Mosses (Musci):
• Polytrichum, moss, l.s. of antheridial branch
• Polytrichum, moss, l.s. of archegonial branch
• Polytrichum, moss, l.s. of capsule (sporogon)
• Polytrichum, moss, t.s. of leaves
• Polytrichum, moss, w.m. of protonema
• Polytrichum, moss, t.s. of stem
• Mnium, moss, w.m. of leaf showing chloroplasts
• Sphagnum, peat moss, w.m. of branch with leaves, showing water storing cells
• Sphagnum, peat moss, l.s. of capsule with spores