This is the reconstruction of Horneophyton lignieri by D.A.Eggert
(1974). The underground section of the plant consisted of one or more bulbous
structures with rhizoids.
The conducting strand in the stem was strengthened, but not in the same way
as that of the higher plants. The structure of the sporangia is different
too: there is a central pillar present, the columella.
Because mosses possess also a columella, there is a possibility that
Horneophyton is an intermediate form between the mosses and other
higher plants.
The size is estimated 15 - 20 cm.
Especially the 'corms' with hair-roots, the sporangia and the spores
of this plant have been found. |
