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The powder consists of the dry spores of clubmoss plants, or various fern relatives principally in the genera Lycopodium and Diphasiastrum.The preferred source species are Lycopodium clavatum (stag's horn clubmoss) and Diphasiastrum digitatum (common groundcedar), because these widespread and often locally abundant species are both prolific in their spore production and easy to collect.
Lycopodium clavatum is a spore-bearing vascular plant, growing mainly prostrate along the ground with stems up to 1 m (39 in) long; the stems are much branched, and densely clothed with small, spirally arranged microphyll leaves.
Lycopodium (from Ancient Greek lykos, wolf and podion, diminutive of pous, foot) [2] is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines or creeping cedars, [3] in the family Lycopodiaceae. Two very different circumscriptions of the genus are in use.
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Lycopodium [1] Lycopodium clavatum: Wolf's foot, clubmoss Thuja [1] [citation needed] Thuja occidentalis: Urtica urens [1] Stinging nettle: Mag phos Magnesium Phosphoricum: Mag phos, Magnesium Hydrogen Phosphate Trihydrate, Phosphate of Magnesia
Lycopodium powder, the dried spores of the common clubmoss, was used in Victorian theater to produce flame-effects. A blown cloud of spores burned rapidly and brightly, but with little heat. A blown cloud of spores burned rapidly and brightly, but with little heat.
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Collage of modern lycophytes. Upper left: Lycopodium clavatum (Lycopodiales, Lycopodioideae) Lower left: Huperzia serrata (Lycopodiales, Huperzioideae) Top right: Isoetes japonica Right centre: Selaginella tamariscina Lower right: Selaginella remotifolia Selaginellales