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What is peristome?
What is peristome?
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Peristome:
- One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surround the capsule opening of mosses known as peristomes.
- The teeth unfold under dry conditions to disperse spores gradually.
- Haplolepiodus consist of one ring of 16 peristomes.
- Diplolepiodus consists of two rings of the peristome.
Peristome:
- One or two rings of tooth-like appendages surround the capsule opening of mosses known as peristomes.
- The teeth unfold under dry conditions to disperse spores gradually.
- Haplolepiodus consist of one ring of 16 peristomes.
- Diplolepiodus consists of two rings of the peristome.
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