DSC_0160 Kidney Fern (Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum) growing on the trunk of a forest tree. Once classified in Trichomanes (as T. reniforme), DNA analysis of Kidney fern has now shown it to be more closely related to the Hymenophyllum filmy ferns. New Zealand is a special place for the genus Hymenophyllum, with nine of the world’s ten subgenera occurring here. Jackson River, South Westland *
DSC_0143 Kidney Fern (Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum) showing the unusual spore capsules which sit within a tube around the edge of the frond. Once classified in Trichomanes (as T. reniforme), DNA analysis of Kidney fern has now shown it to be more closely related to the Hymenophyllum filmy ferns. New Zealand is a special place for the genus Hymenophyllum, with nine of the world’s ten subgenera occurring here. Jackson River, South Westland *
DSC_0149 Kidney Fern (Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum) showing the unusual spore capsules which sit within a tube around the edge of the frond. Once classified in Trichomanes (as T. reniforme), DNA analysis of Kidney fern has now shown it to be more closely related to the Hymenophyllum filmy ferns. New Zealand is a special place for the genus Hymenophyllum, with nine of the world’s ten subgenera occurring here. Jackson River, South Westland *
