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Pillwort

Pelenllys Gronynnog

Plantae
Leptosporangiate ferns (True ferns)
Salviniales
Family: Marsileaceae
Pool below Llandeilo Hill.
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Thank you to Ray Woods for showing this to me.

The "pill" is actually a fertile leaf entirely encasing the sporangia.
12 July 2011
Category: Wild-growing plants and fungi of the British Isles
 
British Isles status: native
Scarce
Perennial


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Photographer: J R Crellin

About the picture:
NIKON D700
12/07/2011 10:18:41
1/60 sec - F/18
Lens: 105mm f/2.8 G VR
Sensitivity: ISO 400
Exp. compensation: -0.3 EV
Depth of field: 0.01 m (0.44 - 0.45)
Light value: 12.2


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