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Long-stalked Haircap Moss (Polytrichum longisetum)Observer
jackson-birdDescription
I think, could also maybe be young formosum plants. Growing bare peat on a land slip in very small quantities
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Upright Pottia (Microbryum rectum)Observer
jackson-birdDescription
On chalky soil in arable field, very small, specimen was quite degraded by the Tim so got found to looking at it but seta can’t be more than 1mm
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Revolute Beard-Moss (Pseudocrossidium revolutum)Observer
georgegDescription
On old stone wall of churchyard.
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Marbled Screw-Moss (Syntrichia papillosa)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
On Salix sp.
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Pendulous Wing-Moss (Antitrichia curtipendula)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
On Betula pubescenes. Note recurved teeth on leaf tip
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Tortula vahlianaObserver
jonnyecologyDescription
On compacted, rubbly chalk soil on edge of woodland in partial shade. Plants small and scrappy
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Squirrel-tail Moss (Leucodon sciuroides)Observer
kroolikDescription
on deciduous tree
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Marbled Screw-Moss (Syntrichia papillosa)Observer
kroolikDescription
on deciduous tree
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Chain Pincerwort (Fuscocephaloziopsis catenulata)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
On sandstone. Plants lack flagelliform branches. Perianth trigonous to base.
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Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)Observer
josscarrDescription
Growing around tree root.
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Black Rock Moss (Andreaea rupestris)Observer
bombusmixtusDescription
On rock. Moss without a midrib.
Photo 1. 5x Plant tip.
Photo 2 & 3. 5x Tip slightly squished to show antheridia (blue arrows on photo 3).
Photo 4. 20x close-up of antherdium.
Photo 5. 5x Two antheridia with paraphyses.
Photo 6. 20x Antheridium and paraphyses.
Photo 7. Antheridium.
Photo 8. Antheridium with some spermatocytes escaping from rupture.
Photo 9. 2x. Closed spore capsule i.e. wetted.
Photo 10. 3x. Open spore capsule (same as photo 9 but air dried).
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Downy Plait-Moss (Stereodon callichrous)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
North facing damp slope
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Slender Silver Moss (Anomobryum julaceum)Observer
henrymillerplantsDescription
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Crome Sphagnum (Sphagnum squarrosum)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
Side of forest track
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Minute Pouncewort (Myriocoleopsis minutissima)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
On Salix
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Petty Featherwort (Plagiochila exigua)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
Tiny plants growing through liverworts on birch next to a waterfall in a hyperoceanic gorge. Note narrow leaf insertion and presence of third tooth (the old name being Plagiochila tridenticulata)
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Hill Notchwort (Barbilophozia sudetica)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
With copious brown gemmae. On mineral soil bank in old quarry
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Rusty Hook-Moss (Scorpidium revolvens)Observer
michael-luethDescription
Basenreiche kalte Quellflur mit Campylium stellatum, Scrpidium cossonii, drosera rotundifolia und Carex demissa
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Rufous Forklet-Moss (Dicranella rufescens)Observer
johannes_merzDescription
lehm sand in Fahrspur
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Stanford Screw-Moss (Hennediella stanfordensis)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
On clay riverbank of River Severn
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Order PottialesObserver
jonnyecologyPlace
Wandlebury Country Park, Wandlebury Ring, Gog Magog Hills, Stapleford, Cambridge CB22 3AE, UK (Google, OSM)Description
Or a very robust Barbula convoluta? On detritus over calcareous stone in shade under trees
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Fatfoot Pocket-Moss (Fissidens crassipes)Observer
johannes_merzDescription
auf Kalksteinen in der Regnitz
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Golden Glade-Moss (Rhytidium rugosum)Observer
georgegDescription
On bank of calcareous stream.
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Rock Fingerwort (Lepidozia cupressina)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
Large cushions over rock
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Genus LepidoziaObserver
jonnyecologyDescription
3-lobed unlike the commoner L. reptans. On coastal wooded slopes
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yjkiwileeDescription
Nerve seen, leaves somewhat curved to one side when wet
Wed ni
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Handsome Woollywort (Trichocolea tomentella)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
Definitely not Riccardia multifida this time! 😉
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Anomalous Flapwort (Mylia anomala)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
With Sphagnum compactum
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Luminous Moss (Schistostega pennata)Observer
tayloriaDescription
This was the first goblin gold I've ever seen. The day zero for my interest in bryophytes... 😃
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Banded Cord-Moss (Entosthodon fascicularis)Observer
georgegDescription
The capsule lid is diagnostic.
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Dark-green Flapwort (Jungermannia atrovirens)Observer
alrumpelDescription
on damp limestone in humid woodland
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Field Forklet-Moss (Dicranella staphylina)Observer
georgegDescription
On mud of reservoir with P. patens and others. Leaves more-or-less straight, short with slightly recurved margins at the base. Rhizoidal gemmae brownish with protuberant cells.
