Marchantia polymorpha; common liverwort [Marchantiaceae]  These are plants without stem or leaves.  They consist instead of a flattened branching thallus only a few cells thick anchored by rhizoids growing from the lower surface.  They are fairly widespread and most commonly found along moist shady stream banks.  [001]

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