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A New Report of Unique Features in the Peristome of Funaria hygrometrica (A Van Andel Creation Research Center Study)

Armitage, Mark H. (2009) A New Report of Unique Features in the Peristome of Funaria hygrometrica (A Van Andel Creation Research Center Study). Creation Research Society Quarterly, 45 (3): 3.

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Abstract

Sporophyte capsule structures of the moss genus Funaria from California were studied under Scanning Electron Microscopy. The peristome of the sporangium was observed to have a unique "pad" and " web" bellows that appears to be little reported in the literature. This pad and web structure functions, along with the peristome teeth, as a tiny bellows assembly that sucks minute numbers of spores out from the capsule for dispersion during optimum conditions for spore distribution. This bellows system appears to have been skillfully designed. I conclude that such design is a result of divine intelligence.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science (General) > QH Natural History. Biology > QH201 Microscopy
Q Science (General) > QK Botany
Depositing User: Admin
Date Deposited: 18 Mar 2025 21:45
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2025 21:45
URI: https://crsq.creationresearch.org/id/eprint/1059

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