Thank you Dr. Chris, Dr. Khullar, Pankaj ji and Usha di for the identification and comments... I have till now never put up ferns on the forum for id... but this particular one really impressed me... and could not help but ask for help ... and indeed got it ...!! warm regards Alok
P.S. and as usual Garg ji never lets any observation go by unobserved.... Special Thanks to you... :) Alok On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 20:32 +0530, ushadi Micromini wrote: > Dear Chris: Knew you'll know what it was... > > what had impressed me was the large "leaf" and enormous numbers of > Sori many of which seem to have burst open and released the spores. > > And thanks to Doctor Khullar too and Mr Garg for sending this query to > the correct authorities. Ferns are such an interesting life form... > Thanks all > Usha di > ============ > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar > <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > A Cyrtomium for sure... > Pankaj > > > > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > -- Himalayan Village Education Trust Village Khudgot, P.O. Dalhousie District Chamba H.P. 176304, India www.hivetrust.wordpress.com www.forwildlife.wordpress.com http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new=true&id=2186