Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of spores from a stiff clubmoss (Lycopodium annotinum). Spores are the asexual reproductive cells of a clu

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of spores from a stiff clubmoss (Lycopodium annotinum). Spores are the asexual reproductive cells of a clubmoss plant. The stiff clubmoss is found on mountains and in northern areas of North America, Europe and Asia. Lycopod mosses were widespread during the Carboniferous period (345-280 million years ago). Magnification: x1,700 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.

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Keywords: annotinum, asexual, biological, biology, botanical, botany, bryophyte, clubmoss, coloured, false-coloured, flora, lycopodium, nature, plant, reproduction, reproductive, sem, spore, spores, stiff, structure