Frullania inflata

Microscopic photograph of green bilobed leaves with specks of brown randomly distributed throughout.
Leafs are bilobed on both the top and bottom of this liverwort giving them a pod-like appearance.

NPS/ John Brinda

Distribution: temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere

Habitat: epiphytic or saxicolous (found here on shaded rock)

Distinctive Characters: complicate-bilobed leaves with bilobed underleaves

Similar Species: Radula is similar but lacks underleaves.

Last updated: January 15, 2020

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