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C-Fern Image Gallery

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Young pale (pal1) hermaphroditic gametophyte
Mature pale (pal1) hermaphroditic gametophyte
Young bubbles (bub1) hermaphroditic gametophyte
Mature bubbles (bub1) hermaphroditic gametophyte
 
Young dwarf (dwf1) hermaphroditic gametophyte
Mature dwarf (dwf1) hermaphroditic gametophyte
Mature dwarf (dwf1) and wild type hermaphroditic gametophyte

 

Young rumpled (rum1) hermaphroditic gametophyte
Mature rumpled (rum1) hermaphroditic gametophyte
Mature pie (pie1) hermaphroditic gametophyte
Mature pie (pie1) hermaphroditic gametophyte
Young highly male (him1) hermaphroditic gametophyte
Mature highly male (him1) hermaphroditic gametophyte
Mature highly male (him1) hermaphroditic gametophyte
highly male (him1) male gametophyte
 
highly male (him1) male gametophyte
highly male (him1) male gametophytes
Mature highly male (him1) male and hermaphroditic gametophytes