Plantwatch: how a liverwort captures its prey

Some of the ancient plants have curious pouches that can trap tiny creatures Liverworts are ancient green land plants that look like flattened liver-shaped pads, or they have stems and leaves and often get mistaken for mosses, their distant cousins.The liverworts Pleurozia and Colura also have curious leafy pouches that look uncannily like miniature carnivorous pitcher plants. These liverwort pitchers are tiny, featuring an opening and a lid that moves inwards on a hinge, but then closes tight. ...