Conocephalum conicum
Most liverworts are leafy (like mosses) but a few are thalloid (composed of a flattened body - the thallus - that is not differentiated into stem and leaves).
Metzgeria furcata
Leafy liverworts have 2 or 3 rows of leaves on their stems. The leaves never have a costa and often they are rounded or have 2-4 points at their tips, and are folded. If present, the leaves on the underside of the stem (the underleaves) are often reduced and usually pressed flat to the stem. Because the underleaves are reduced or absent, the larger stem leaves have a flattened appeareance, an arrangement that is rare in mosses.
Tritomaria quinquedentata
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