Jagoke - Jagoke

Japanese: ジャゴケ - じゃごけ
Jagoke - Jagoke

A species of moss in the Conocaceae family. The plant is a flat thallus about 1.5 cm wide and 5-10 cm long, which splits once or twice and spreads out as a blue-green mat on moist ground or rocks. The surface of the thallus has clear hexagonal compartments, with white dot-like air pores in the center. Conococcus is dioecious, with small, oval, dark purple thallus and dome-shaped thallus at the tip of the thallus. In February and March, the stalk of the thallus grows rapidly and produces a black-brown sporophyte from the underside of the thallus. The spores are made up of many cells. C. supradecompositum is very similar to Conococcus conococcus, but differs in that the thallus is small, about 5 mm wide, yellow-green in color, and asexual buds form on the edge of the thallus in autumn. Both species are commonly found in shady areas from lowlands to mountains throughout Japan.

[Hiroshi Inoue]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

コケ植物ジャゴケ科の1種。植物体は平らな葉状体で、幅1.5センチメートル内外、長さ5~10センチメートルとなり、1~2回二叉(にさ)状に分かれて湿った地上や岩上に青緑色のマット状となって広がる。葉状体の表面には六角形の区画がはっきりしており、この中央に白点状の気室孔が開く。ジャゴケは雌雄異株で、雄器托(たく)は小さな小判形で濃紫色、雌器托は葉状体の先端にでき、ドーム形をしている。2~3月ごろになると雌器托の柄(え)が急速に伸長し、器托の下面から黒褐色の胞子体を出す。胞子は多数の細胞からできている。ヒメジャゴケC. supradecompositumはジャゴケによく似ているが、葉状体の幅が5ミリメートル前後と小さく、色は黄緑色、秋になると葉状体の縁(へり)に無性芽ができる点で異なる。両種とも日本全国の低地から山地の日陰地に多い。

[井上 浩]

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