31. Only one thallus was found in the sample. 32. The species is found fertile, and seems to propagate mainly by thallus fragmentation. 33. Claudius Thallus set up this memorial from what I left behind as a legacy ." 34. As in other liverworts, the main plant body or thallus is a haploid gametophyte. 35. Air pores occasionally break through the dorsal surface, giving the thallus a dimpled appearance. 36. The rhizoids attach the thallus to a substrate ( food source ) and absorbs nutrients. 37. Continued growth leads to these granules being pushed upwards and out of the thallus surface. 38. Their apothecia is wide, the thallus of which is laminal and is in diameter. 39. The color of the greenish yellow thallus is derived from usnic acid in the cortex. 40. It produces a thick thallus and ( usually ) lacks rhizohyphae and ascending thallus margins.
