1. Under moist conditions, the elaters curl tightly around the spore. 2. This third region is the pseudo-elaters and spores. 3. Greek vases generally show the elater as a short, straight stick. 4. The elater cells do not grow helical thickenings. 5. The elaters are yellowish, often branches, and varying in size and form. 6. In the horsetails, elaters are four ribbon-like appendages attached to the spores. 7. Glebal elaters are aseptate and not branched. 8. Within the capsule, cells divide to produce both elater cells and spore-producing cells. 9. At that time, the elaters uncoil to extend out from the spore and will catch air currents. 10. In the hornworts, elaters are branched clusters of cells that develop in the sporophyte alongside the spores.
