Identification of ferns:

Exercise 1

  • superficial
  • naked
  • intramarginal
  • true indusium
  • marginal
  • false indusium

Next you observe the underside of the fond of Cibotium barometz 金毛狗 under a dissection microscope, so that you can determine the position of sori and type of indusium, if any. These are important taxonomic features.

Position of sori:
Type of indusium: