lepidostrobi

Updated: March 23, 2026

In some strata, as for instance that of the Shropshire coalfield, quantities of elongated cylindrical bodies known as lepidostrobi have been found, which, it was early conjectured, were the fruit of the giant club-mosses about which we have just been speaking.

Edward A. Martin - The Story of a Piece of Coal: What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes