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![Stream bank covered in liverworts in southeastern US](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640841262907-AFDGD02FJRX95VHJ55N2/IMG_4053.jpeg)
![Umbrella shaped liverwort archegoniophores (female sex structures) with sporangium underneath](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640811035364-JOLZ7NAQDQC4M5CUR5BZ/IMG_4842.jpeg)
![Archegoniophores of a thallose liverwort with black sporangium underneath](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640810946967-2T8WR1UDP5O3BQ3G0ESJ/DSC_3011.jpeg)
![Diploid sporangium of a leafy liverwort containing haploid spores at 20x](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640812641592-7D7NWHAGD0MDNAHJ8EQ5/IMG_0482.jpeg)
![Liverwort spores with elaters at 100x](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640812642871-9BHTRG55ZVNMB0KJYTNG/IMG_0483.jpeg)
![Liverwort spores and spiral shaped elaters that can increase dispersal with changes in moisture at 400x](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640812643820-B1PQGGWE5YZ5MZKRZAHB/IMG_0486.jpeg)
![Leafy liverwort cells (haploid) with oil bodies at 400x](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640830653281-4ASS1FTOXFJDXN1FPNB4/IMG_2687.jpeg)
![Thallose liverwort spreading over rock with thallus structures (haploid)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640811028376-0TQA6HR5D0HHBWCC7SU3/IMG_3441.jpeg)
![2 different species of thallose liverworts](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640811038658-KOX92VBCOR1M4G4E36P5/IMG_8474.jpeg)
![2 species of leafy liverworts](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1641018030431-PMSNWGFM8NTRUJ0GY4IK/5E665E5D-A50B-4217-98C6-81E34F9693D9.jpeg)
![Thallose liverworts giving rise to antheridiophores (male sex structures)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640811030602-Y6SGUC6TKCWDJ0WT2MCL/IMG_4948.jpeg)
![Antheridiophores containing swimming gametes (sperm)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640814106579-3PCDQGBTBDKNJ9OJQ13L/IMG_7896.jpeg)
![Antheridial heads](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640810935768-2X481AX0BPQREMHNZO33/DSC_2997.jpeg)
![Antheridia at 400x](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1641441510146-BCC47BYJY3OZ87C3PZXF/20A1CBDC-182E-484D-9FAE-7302E586B8C1.jpeg)
![Liverwort antheridia releasing gametes (sperm) and gametes swimming](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1641440370227-5AGU2FWUL2Z6V7J3XUFL/image-asset.jpeg)
![Thallose liverwort archegoniophores (female) containing antheridia with egg cells underneath at 20x](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640829082419-3CBS2ZQRMU92FJGW2JVX/A695880A-D5FF-448B-9146-7C9DA9F0D054.jpeg)
![Liverwort archegonia with neck canals and venters that hold the egg cells at 400x](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640828671232-XTCV8L4Z87LQ4YZRNWYC/97831642-4D68-4996-93F5-4CF849DA2CCF.jpeg)
![Underside of an archegoniophore head with archegonia at 20x (unfertilized on left/fertilized on right)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640829677906-3Q3AUAQBC3ISFTCU3DA2/3E087DA0-EADC-40CA-AC40-FFA93C727230.jpeg)
![Fertilized archegonia with developing diploid sporangium and haploid spores at 20x](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640829233954-GALIEJ81RSDFPSL84XUJ/IMG_4857.jpeg)
![Thallose liverwort sporangium and spores with elaters at 20x/400x](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1641441261449-21WRQ6HK7MNG8I3YTG4I/02BC4DF8-BF69-4380-853B-C5DF7EE45072.jpeg)
![Thallose liverwort gemma cups containing asexual cells called gemmae (haploid)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640830148218-O1GQTNRC4VFB20XVY4BW/IMG_7536.jpeg)
![Gemma splash cups with gemmae ready to be dispersed by rain](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1641440846244-3Z0C26WRW61Z17O40C91/IMG_2207.jpeg)
![Gemma cups and air pores at 20x (Liverworts are the only group of land plants that lack stomata entirely)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1641249263131-JJ2ZBRETVV383IN0CV2P/952D362B-A286-4D21-A1E7-6FD56B68946E.jpeg)
![Liverwort gemmae being extracted from gemma cup](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640816158598-8NCANS65LQYCPD7PCOP8/image-asset.jpeg)
![Liverwort gemmae at 400x (haploid)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640814101468-GG7LYU8O9XA710XDSPZK/IMG_0433.jpeg)
![Leafy liverwort gemmae at 1x/20x/400x](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1643349173979-OOQFZY6WWKA2GGK55ZZ9/DC32445F-254D-4B16-A08D-947E7E59C3B2.jpeg)
![Liverwort spreading on rock](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b4355cbe65942bdfc8d605/1640811024311-183UZCBKJOUG6XJWF5GF/IMG_0408.jpeg)