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Pillwort

Pelenllys gronynnog

Plantae
Leptosporangiate ferns (True ferns)
Salviniales
Family: Marsileaceae
Pool below Llandeilo Hill.
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The "pill" is actually a fertile leaf entirely encasing the sporangia.
03 August 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

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NIKON D700
03/08/2011 16:59:33
1/100 sec - F/18
Lens: 105mm f/2.8 G VR
Sensitivity: ISO 400
Depth of field: 0.01 m (0.31 - 0.32)
Light value: 13.0


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