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Long-creeping, licorice-flavored rhizome; stipes 2-18(27) cm long; the expanded portion of the frond ovate-lanceoloate to nearly oblong, 6(8)-23(35) cm long, 2.5-7(12) cm wide, deeply pinnatifid, truncate at the base, acuminate to acute at the apex; sori are naked (no indusium); terrestrail on shaded banks, epiphytic on tree trunks, or occasionally epipetric. Source: Encyclopedia of Life