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This false-colored confocal micrograph shows a cluster of spore-filled sporangia with specialized protective hairs called paraphyses from the fern Polypodium virginianum.

By The Scientist Staff | December 20, 2012

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Igor Siwanowicz, 2012 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition

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