Darkginger wrote:
A few months ago, I planted some lilac cuttings in a few pots, and not all
of them rooted. Yesterday evening, as I was chucking out those which didn't
make it, I made a strange discovery. At the base of one unsuccessful cutting
is growing what can only be described as 'leaves with eyes'. The thing in
question is about two and a half inches wide, mid-green, growing flat to the
earth - no stem. The 'leaves' feel rubbery, and each of them has two large
pores, like eyes, growing near the leaf edge furthest from the middle. Has
anyone got any idea what this could be? It's intruiging - and I've never
seen anything like it before! If I ever get the batteries for the digicam
charged up, I'll take a pic and post it somewhere, if the above description
isn't enough!

Has to be Liverworts: see

http://home.clara.net/adhale/bryos/preissia.htm

Philippe