The elaters are spring-like, and will push open the wall of the capsule to scatter themselves when the capsule bursts.
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The interior of the sporophyte differentiates into a central column and a surrounding mass of spores and elater cells, with a distinct spiral.
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The elaters have diameters of 3.5 7 �m and are 32 70 �m long; they are pale yellow, smooth-walled, tapered and cylindrical with spiral thickenings.
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Hoops, also called " krikoi, " were probably made of bronze, iron, or copper, and were driven with a stick called the " elater ".
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The spores bear characteristic elaters, distinctive spring-like attachments which are hygroscopic : i . e . they change their configuration in the presence of water, helping the spores move and aiding their dispersal.
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The President had no reason to suspect that the OIC had embarked on a wholly new phase of its four-year investigation one in which Ms . Currie would elater be called by the OIC as a witness.
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A fast-rotting woodpile, for instance, is home to snails, slugs, wood-eating beetles and the larvae of predatory insects like the eyed elater . ( Seabrook, Atlanta Journal-Constitution ).
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In most liverworts, the elaters are unattached, but in some leafy species ( such as " Frullania " ) a few elaters will remain attached to the inside of the sporangium ( spore capsule ).
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In most liverworts, the elaters are unattached, but in some leafy species ( such as " Frullania " ) a few elaters will remain attached to the inside of the sporangium ( spore capsule ).
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The capillitium from the mass is olive to olive-yellow and is composed of non-overgrown, simple or branched, deeply olive-yellow, 5 to 6 �m thick elaters, which stand in relief as three to five overhanging spiral strands and become pointed towards the end.
