As I carefully brush the backs of my fingers against moss beds, tiny stalk-like beings tickle me. Jutting out of moss leaves, these stalks are known as sporophytes; each sporophyte contains a capsule of spores at its outermost end.

当我小心翼翼地用手指背面扫时，细小茎状会挠得我发痒。这些茎从叶中探出来，被称孢子体，每个孢子体末端有一个孢子囊。

Stems provide the structural framework of the plant, whether dainty daisy stems or thick tree trunks — yes, tree trunks are stems!

茎提供了植物框架，无论是娇嫩雏菊茎还是粗壮树干——是，树干就是茎！

It also apparently had eyes that flopped around on the sides of its body attached to these fleshy stalks.

它显然还有一双可以左右摇晃眼睛，这些眼睛长在肉质茎状上。