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A clubmoss (Lycopodium alpinum): fertile leafy stem and segments of sporangia. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Clubmoss (Lycopodium dichotomum): fertile stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Three species of fern, including a maidenhair fern (Adiantum species) and a clubmoss. Colour nature print by F. Branson, 1850.

A clubmoss (Lycopodium selago): fertile leafy stem and segments of sporangia. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) and four types of clubmoss (Lycopodium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1815.

Select ferns and lycopods: British and exotic / [Benjamin Samuel Williams].

Hints on the cultivation of British and exotic ferns and lycopodiums : with descriptions of one hundred and fifty species and varieties / by Benjamin Samuel Williams.

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Lycopodium

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Images referencing Lycopodium

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Select ferns and lycopods: British and exotic / [Benjamin Samuel Williams].

A clubmoss (Lycopodium alpinum): fertile leafy stem and segments of sporangia. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Hints on the cultivation of British and exotic ferns and lycopodiums : with descriptions of one hundred and fifty species and varieties / by Benjamin Samuel Williams.

Clubmoss (Lycopodium dichotomum): fertile stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) and four types of clubmoss (Lycopodium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1815.

Lycopodium

Images from the collections

Images referencing Lycopodium

Works from the collections

Select ferns and lycopods: British and exotic / [Benjamin Samuel Williams].

A clubmoss (Lycopodium alpinum): fertile leafy stem and segments of sporangia. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1795.

Hints on the cultivation of British and exotic ferns and lycopodiums : with descriptions of one hundred and fifty species and varieties / by Benjamin Samuel Williams.

Clubmoss (Lycopodium dichotomum): fertile stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

A dehiscing puffball (Lycoperdon species) and four types of clubmoss (Lycopodium species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1815.

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