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苔藓时，细小的茎状结构会挠得我发痒。这些茎苔藓叶中探出来，被称为孢子体，每个孢子体的有一个孢子囊。

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的眼睛，这些眼睛长在肉质的茎状结构上。