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Bryum capillare peristome
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
Mouth of sporophyte of the moss Bryum capillare, showing the open peristome (comprising endostome and exostome) which controls spore release. The real-world diameter of the subject is about 1.1 mm. The image is a composite stack of about 200 original images.