Habitat

 

 

Calypogeia muelleriana is typically located in very moist areas on soil and rotten logs.

 

 

 

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Gametophyte

Overall Structure:

 

 

Calypogeia muelleriana is typically a green color and irregularly branched.

 

 

 

It has incubous leaf insertion.

 

 

 

Leaf Structure:

 

Lateral leaves are unlobed, assymetrical, and incubous. Here is a photo of a lateral leaf.

Underleaves are shallowly bilobed.

 

 

 

 

 

All leaves contain segmented oil bodies and chloroplasts.

 

 

 

Rhizoids:

 

 

Rhizoids may be found intermixed amongst the bilobed underleaves.

 

 

 

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Sporophyte

The sporophytic generation of Calypogeia muelleriana has a characteristic marsupium. This white pouch is located on the undersurface of the liverwort, penetrating the substratum.

Sporangium:

The mature sporangium is elongate.  Spores are released via four lines of dehiscence of the sporangium.