A hand lens opens up a whole new world of ferns.
The Umbrella Coral Fern. The meaning of its specific epithet: carrying an umbrella.
I have found it often in the foothills of the Drakensburg (this from Injasuti.) The following is from Neil Crouch:
He mentions that it is found rarely at Ferncliffe, but that it is probably an import from the Cape. The fronds divide repeatedly, the underside is silvery, the stipe hirsute, and the sori smooth.
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