Mosses and ferns
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Enjoying learning about mosses and ferns, liverworts, hornworts… Devon
Nordic Moonwort Botrychium nordicum in lovely lycophyte-rich montane heath in Glen Shee. Frilly divisions, and a shorter stem than lunaria, and GB plants tend to have a lax fertile frond too.
We recently visited a site that was restored about 2 years ago in the Yorkshire Dales. Sphagnum plugs are doing great! #PeatlandRestoration #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog
Frullania austinii - Hairy Scalewort Was hoping for one that starts with B, isn't bolanderi, and has different underleaves. But this one's pretty cool too. It has caducous, erect branches
Bengi Kendrick@fungiwithbengi.bsky.social · last mo.My spidey senses are tingling over a certain liverwort. I once again am getting excited prematurely.
Neat Feather Moss - Pseudoscleropodium purum New to me. It is pretty neat I must say. One of the few mosses known to have an anthropogenic introduction to the area. Based on abundant GBIF records, it looks like there is barely a 5km area in temperate Europe that doesn't have this species.
#HikingLog 35 Taconic mountains, #Massachusetts, Lenox Mountain A bit further down there are some signs of life in this creek, even an attempt at a waterfall #hiking #waterfallWednesday #newEngland #photography #naturephotography #landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #ECK #nature #moss #mossy
Sharp-pointed Earwort - Diplophyllum apiculatum New to me This one's really good at hide and seek, it was hiding from Nova Scotians for about 95 years.
Confirmed Sphagnum affine growing in a transition mire with Carex lasiocarpa and other Carex spp. in na Monga, Conamara a month ago. New species for me and looks like the second record for H16 Gailliamh thiar. Thanks for ID help @pilkyplant.bsky.social
Sphagnum angustifolium together with Aulacomnium palustre at the edge of Pomponrahka ombotrophic bog in SW Finland :)
RICCIA FLUITANS, growing on wet soil, in a pond covered with Isoetes velata near Sant Climent Sescebes (province of Girona, NE Iberian peninsula). #bryophytes #liverworts #Ricciaceae
Riccia glauca, Glaucous Crystalwort on a path edge in the wonderful Potager Garden in Cornwall.
Lud’s “Church” PROS: Always open, cool, damp and green all year round CONS: No disabled access
Desert moss may hide one of Earth’s oldest partnerships #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
Desert moss may hide one of Earth’s oldest partnerships
Scientists found fungi living inside desert moss, suggesting the plants may be part of one of Earth's oldest biological partnerships.
earth.com
A moss gene once thought inactive is active during reproduction and suppresses extra offspring. Without it, plants produce more twins and triplets, and each sporophyte is smaller. doi.org/hb76jq
Long-dismissed moss gene suppresses twins and triplets, reshaping ideas of plant evolution
A moss gene previously thought to have been inactive actually plays a key role in its evolutionary success, researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered.
phys.org
Out on Chat Moss for some peat coring and greenhouse gas measurements with @rchiverrell.bsky.social, @laurabaugh94.bsky.social and @peatblogger.bsky.social. Lots of angry thistles and even angrier horseflies...
Long-leaved Thread Moss - Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum Nearby to the other moss giving me a headache this week, but this one was much simpler to put a name to.
Wahlenberg's Nodding Moss - Pohlia wahlenbergii A very nice patch of it
An unusual find of fruiting Tetraphis Moss (Tetraphis pellucida) in Norfolk by the VC 27 recorder (Mary Ghullam). The distinctive four peristome teeth which can be seen in the images give the moss its name @bbsbryology.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
Oedipodium griffithianum (Gouty-moss) looking rather good ,growing on acid soil amongst the Crags high up on Craig Cywarch on Sunday, a lovely species i have seen a few times ,love those Capsules with there thick Seta and the abundant Gemmae amongst the leaf axils,nice 🏴 @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Philinotis arnelii (Arnell's Apple-moss) on the Crags on Mynydd Moel last monday @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Encalypta ciliata (Fringed Extinguisher-moss) on the Crags above Llyn Gafr a few days back on tge Cadair Idris NNR, the commonest upland Encalypta,love those Fringed Calyptra @bbsbryology.bsky.social
a Vimeo link to the sound of rain falling on moss in the grounds of Saihoji temple, Kyoto. vimeo.com/1185012675?f...
雨を染み込ませる苔／The Moss Garden in the Rain
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