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MOSSES WITH A HAND-LENS 



Ceratodon, but they are much longer and much lighter colored 

 (yellow-brown). The plants are several times as large as those 

 of Ceratodon, often reaching a height of two or three inches. 

 Note also the difference in habitat. 



Fig. 24. Gymnocybe f>alustris X 10; capsules X 10; pseudopodia x 4. 



When not in fruit, Gymnocybe frequently bears on the end 

 of the stem a number of long slender pseudopodia, which, when 

 young, bear clusters of gemmae at their ends. These gemma 1 

 serve to reproduce the plant asexually and may account for the 

 rather infrequent appearance of the sporophyte. 



The capsules mature in early summer. 



