This furled frond of a young fern had a gelatinous substance covering the entire rachis or the midrib of frond.
Some parts of it were insects trapped in the slime. It made me think that the mucous covering will served as its protection from the insects that feed on its sap.
And maybe, these ferns were sharing the same habitat together with insects that feed on young ferns. Well, just a thought.
Location: Buda/ Habitat: Forest/ Division: Pteridophyta
Another type of fern where clustered sporangia enveloped on the tip of the fertile fern frond.
This is how it looked like as a whole fern plant.
Location: South Cotabato/ Division: Pteridophyta
The sun was up already as I was walking on a damp and mossy trail not far away from the campsite one morning, I stumbled on to this beautiful fern’s fiddlehead.
The furled fronds of a young fern and its sori arrangement always get my attention. I find it amazing how they differ in look, structure and sizes. I even created a little fernery in our yard. Ferns help in cleansing the air. 
When the fiddlehead unfurl this is what it will become.
Location: South Cotabato/ Division: Pteridophytes
This fern has an arc-shaped sorus, covered by a kidney-shaped protective plates called indusium. The sori are arranged in a linear pattern on the underside of this fertile frond.
Location: South Cotabato/ Division: Pteridophyta
An oval-shaped naked sori of a fern with immature sporangia are arranged in a row on both sides of costa on the underside of a fertile frond.
The sori are in a depression forming an embossed shape on the upper surface of the frond.
Location: South Cotabato/ Division: Pteridophyta
Location: Samal Island/ Division: Pteridophyta
Location: South Cotabato/ Division: Pteridophyta
Location: South Cotabato/ Division: Pteridophyta
Location: South Cotabato/ Division: Pteridophyta
Location: South Cotabato/ Division: Pteridophyta
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