Thalose Liverwort Forest Floor

This species has spread around the world and where common covers.
Thalose liverwort forest floor. Despite that the terms complex and simple are still very useful since many liverworts quite clearly fall into one or other of. One would have to search far and wide to match the miniature beauty in the form of mosses and liverworts growing on the forest floor and on some trees. Most liverworts are small measuring from 2 20 millimetres 0 08 0 8 in wide with individual plants less than 10 centimetres 4 in long so they are often overlooked. Other articles where thallose liverwort is discussed.
These are seemingly straightforward definitions but there are some grey areas since for example some complex thallose liverworts are much simpler than others. Liverwort gametophytes have unicellular rhizoids. See the rig used to take the photo here. Some species however are conspicuous members of the forest floor flora and may be much easier to find.
Thalloid thallose liverworts have a ribbonlike or strap shaped body that grows flat on the ground. They have a high degree of internal structural differentiation into photosynthetic and storage zones. Mosses and liverworts often can be found on the same fallen log. Both types of liverworts are small in the range of a few millimeters to a few centimeters and easily overlooked.
Mar 6 2012 metzgeria sp. Growing on bush ballart exocarpos cupressiformis bark in the sydney region gully section 191 of the australian national botanic gardens canberra. A simple thallose liverwort lacks such differentiation. Its texture is quite varied and can be either green or gray.
These liverworts are termed thallose liverworts.