Liverwort 1 - Conocephalum concium

Figure 1:   Conocephalum concium Growing on rock surface

Name: Conocephalum concium
Common Name: Snakeskin Liverwort
Family: Conocephalaceae
Collection Date: 9/22/2016
Habitat: Growing on rock surface
Location: South Chagrin Reservation - Chagrin Falls Ohio
Description: Liverwort appears scale with very visible polygonal structures centered by a dot (pore).  Drake green towards center and brighter green on outer edges.

Figure2 : Conocephalum concium close - up with polygonal markings
Key Used: Bosanquet, S. (n.d.). Field Key to common and/or distinctive mosses and liverworts. (p21-58)

Keying Steps: 1: Plant without distinct leaves-5 5:thallus without gamma in receptacles -8 8: Upper surface with polygonal markings; a more or less raised pore in the center of each polygon-9 9: Thallus usually >1cm wide; pores on upper surface easily visible to naked eye; scales on lower surface not overlapping one another - Conocephalum concium
Keying Guide Source: Bosanquet, S. (n.d.). Field Key to common and/or distinctive mosses and liverworts. (p21-58)