This Powerpoint reduction shows the histology slides for the Ferns and Allies laboratory exercise.

Psilotum rhizome cs

Psilotum aerial shoot cs

Psilotum aerial shoot ls

Psilotum 3-lobed synangium cs

Psilotum sporangium ls attached

Lycopodium root cs

Lycopodium leafy stem cs

Lycopodium leaf cs

Lycopodium strobilus median ls

Equisetum root cs

Equisetum leafy stem cs (with fused ring of microphylls)

Equisetum leafy stem cs (CU of fused ring of microphylls)

Equisetum leafy stem cs (CU of microphyll)

Equisetum leafy stem cs (with fused ring of microphylls)

Equisetum leafy stem cs (CU of stem only)

Equisetum mature strobilus ls

Equisetum gametophyte antheridia wm

Equisetum gametophyte archegonia wm

Equisetum gametophyte young sporophyte wm

Pteris rhizome cs

Adiantum rhizome cs

Fern leaflet mature cs

Fern sporangium close-up wm

Polystichum sori cs

Fern gametophytes antheridia & archegonia wm

Fern antheridium ls

Fern sperm wm

Fern archegonium ls

Fern gametophyte w/early sporophyte wm

Fern gametophyte w/sporophyte wm

 

 

 

This page © Ross E. Koning 1994.

Go to the Course Schedule Page.

Go to the Plant Physiology Information Homepage.

Send comments and bug reports to Ross Koning at rkoning@snet.net.