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Distribution of Sex in Cryptothallus

Nature volume 169, page 39 (1952)Cite this article

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MATERIAL of a saprophytic liverwort, thought to be that of Cryptothallus sp., was received from the Brookwood locality of Surrey in December 1950. The material consisted of a number of with thalli, with ascending margins, and sectioning showed clearly the presence of a fungus in the lower cells of the thallus and in the rhizoids.

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  1. Williams, S., Nature, 163, 769 (1949). Shaw, H. K. Airy, Nature, 164, 64 (1949).

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BENSEN-EVANS, K. Distribution of Sex in Cryptothallus. Nature 169, 39 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169039a0

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