Gemma Dryburgh

…in special organs known as gemma cups and are dispersed by rainfall Fragmentation of the thallus can also result in new plants Single-celled structures

On the upper surface of the liverwort there are 3 to 4 mm cup-like structures called gemma cups, and at the bottom of each gemma cup over a

gemma cup Sperm, released from the antheridia, accumulate in the cups and any water droplets landing in a cup will eject at least some of the sperm mass within that cup

gemmae cups Gemma cup and gemma development in #Marchantia polymorpha #Tansleyinsight Z26OD9EVp1