A charming little liverwort, Calypogeia (probably C. azurea).

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Me flipan las hepáticas: su color, su textura, su formas autosemejantes, sus curiosísimos esporofitos... Son plantas no vasculares (sin flores ni semillas ni raíz ni tallo ni hojas) que crecen pegadas al sustrato en rincones umbríos y húmedos. Lo que se ve en las fotos son los gametofitos (individuos haploides nacidos de esporas que se reproducen por gametos, los cuales al fecundarse producen esporofitos: individuos diploides que se reproducen por esporas y se alimentan del propio gametofito sobre el que crecen). Es maravillosa la vida sexual de las plantas.
Según la NIA de observation.org, sería Reboulia hemisphaerica (familia Aytoniaceae), pero también dice que la identificación solo es posible mediante examen al microscopio...
Fotografiados el 26/04/2026 en la oscuridad de un recoveco del talud de un camino la provincia de Cáceres.
Equipo: Canon EOS 400D + Tamron SP 90 mm f/2.8 Di MACRO 1:1
ISO 1600, s 1/160, f/4,0 (primera foto) y f/5,0 (segunda foto).

I love liverworts: their colour, their texture, their self-similar shapes, their curious sporophytes... They are non-vascular plants (lacking flowers, seeds, roots, stems and leaves) which grow close to the substrate in damp, shady corners. In the photos you can see the gametophytes (haploid individuals born from spores wich reproduce by gametes, producing sporophytes: diploid individuals which reproduce by spores and grow on the gametophyte). Sex life os plants is wonderful.
According to observation.org's NIA, this is Reboulia hemisphaerica (family Aytoniaceae), but it also says the identification is only possible by microscopic anyalisis...
Photographed on 2026/04/26 in the darkness of a cornder by the roadside in the province of Cáceres (Spain).
Equipment: Canon EOS 400D + Tamron SP 90 mm f/2.8 Di MACRO 1:1
ISO 1600, s 1/160, f/4,0 (first photo) and f/5,0 (second photo).

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#hepática #liverwort #mosstodon
#macro #macrofotografía #macrophotography

Some other recent liverwort photos. I visited the livewort patch I mentioned earlier three times, but unfortunately I wasn't able to get photos I was entirely happy with. I could not find the compositions I was looking for. The sun didn't illuminate the flowers the way I hoped it would either. Alright, can't win every time, maybe next year.

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#anemonehepatica
#flowers
#helsinki
#finland
#spring
#april

Hepatica (Anemone) americana

Hepaticas are pollinated by small bees and Syrphids (Hoverflies).

The seeds have a fleshy appendage called an elaiosome which attracts ants, who then carry off the seeds, eat the elaiosome and by discarding the rest, plant the seeds for new generations of Hepaticas. .

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I heard several robins singing near each other in the woods yesterday. So I decided to look for them today but they seemed to suffer from "stage fright". I heard nothing and could not find the birds. Oh well... How about wood anemones then? Let's see, maybe in a week or so.

Then I remembered seeing liverworts in another forest last year and decided to head there. Fortunately they were in bloom. I found this flower next to a single wood anemone that had taken a head start. I don't think I have ever seen them next to each other before.

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#anemonehepatica
#woodanemone
#anemonenemorosa
#flowers
#helsinki
#finland
#spring
#april

The first ones are blooming by my front steps. For a few weeks now, more and more will come out, in every shade from near white to deep purple via pink, blue and lilac. Calcifuge plants, they like my garden and woodland, but they're absolutely nuts at an old lime quarry in the vicinity. Time for the yearly trip there!

#anemone_hepatica #blåsippa #pennywort #liverwort #nature #flowers #spring #trio #triptych #sweden #pixelfedsweden

Now or soon 2/3

Anemone hepatica, how I adore you.

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Liverwort

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