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What

Tufted Thread-Moss (Ptychostomum imbricatulum)

Observer

helenwaterman

Date

March 15, 2024 11:38 AM GMT

Description

Growing in disused limestone quarry. Leaves about 1mm long. Seta just over 2cm tall, capsule 3.5mm long. No mature capsules to check. Limestone sediment seems to stick on leaves.

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rambryum

Date

March 15, 2024 12:17 PM PDT

Description

On polytrichastrum alpinum

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What

Intermediate Candle Snuffer Moss (Encalypta pilifera)

Observer

helenwaterman

Date

March 8, 2024 11:30 AM GMT

Description

In cracks in limestone rocks. Leaves up to 3mm long including hair points. Sporophyte 6mm tall. I found this further down the dale. There were quite a few cushions here, so I took a tiny sample.

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What

Tall Aloe-Moss (Aloina ambigua)

Observer

jonnyecology

Date

February 23, 2024 01:44 PM CET

Description

On soil bank. Four cell thick membrane between peristome teeth and top of capsule

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jackson-bird

Date

February 24, 2024 01:17 PM GMT

Description

Growing on a steep south facing slope on limestone

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What

Spruce's Rustwort (Marsupella sprucei)

Observer

jackson-bird

Date

February 25, 2024 12:43 PM GMT

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What

Lesser Fringe-Moss (Racomitrium affine)

Observer

jackson-bird

Date

February 25, 2024 12:05 PM GMT

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Observer

rambryum

Date

February 25, 2024 06:46 PM PST

Description

In cups of Polytrichum juniperinum

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What

Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)

Observer

corndog

Date

February 4, 2024 11:50 AM PST

Description

On Riccardia on log. Apothecia avg. around .5mm in width. spotted by Zane the brain

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What

Haircap Mosses (Genus Polytrichum)

Observer

ian537

Date

January 1, 2024 10:49 AM SAST

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Observer

ian537

Date

January 1, 2024 10:53 AM SAST

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What

Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)

Observer

botswanabugs

Date

January 16, 2024

Description

on branch of very large vachellia erioloba tree

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davidklop

Date

January 13, 2024 11:05 AM SAST

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jordan_gates_

Date

April 9, 2023 03:53 PM PDT

Description

Mounted in Melzers reagent

Asci measure around 245.9 × 25.5 µm

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Observer

jordan_gates_

Date

December 2023

Place

Oregon, US (Google, OSM)

Description

Mounted in melzers reagent, 8 spored. Attempts at a culture are underway, fruit bodies also saved for sequencing.

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bjoerns

Date

October 30, 2021 02:21 PM CEST

Description

Spore 17-20 x 7-8 µm

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tonyrebelo

Date

June 10, 2021 03:25 PM SAST

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Observer

rambryum

Date

December 12, 2023 01:27 PM PST

Description

Growing on Racomitrium heterostichum on granitic boulder on edge of disused resource road.

(a) Showing habitat on boulder with necrotic patches of Racomitrium heterostichum. (2) Habit showing numerous rimmed apothecia. (3) Detail of habit showing appothecia emergent from stems of Racomitrium heterostichum. (d) Showin g closeup of apothecia. (e) Section of apothecia showing hymenium and single emergent ascus. (f) Ascus with 8 elongate ascospores. (g) Empty ascus. (h) Spores in detail, measuring ~ 20um x 3 um.

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Observer

jane_trembath

Date

February 10, 2021 03:30 PM SAST

Description

Large colony on rocky area.

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What

Soft-tufted Beard-Moss (Vinealobryum vineale)

Date

November 19, 2023 02:01 PM GMT

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What

Hanging Millipede Liverwort (Frullania nisquallensis)

Observer

jeffgarner

Date

April 17, 2023 09:22 AM PDT

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Observer

rambryum

Date

November 16, 2023 01:39 PM PST

Description

On homalothecium fulgescens

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What

Heath Threadwort (Cephaloziella stellulifera)

Observer

helenwaterman

Date

November 11, 2023 02:29 PM GMT

Description

Growing in old quarry contaminated with heavy metals.

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What

Ascomycete Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)

Observer

rambryum

Date

June 20, 2022 12:18 PM PDT

Description

On Andreaea rupestris stems

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What

White-tipped Bristle-Moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum)

Observer

arkantor

Date

April 16, 2023 10:26 AM IST

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What

Dilated Scalewort (Frullania dilatata)

Observer

steve_mcwilliam

Date

September 28, 2023 03:19 PM BST

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What

Fragile Twisted Moss (Tortella fragilis)

Observer

helenwaterman

Date

September 22, 2023 09:18 AM BST

Description

Growing on gravelly soil on the bank along the road in the uplands. Dry leaves curled, up to 8mm long. Some leaves have broken tips. V-shaped division between clear basal cells and green papillose cells.

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helenwaterman

Date

September 18, 2023 02:34 PM BST

Description

On rock in upland moorland. Shoots 2cm tall, leaves 3mm long. Margins strongly recurved, cells smooth.

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Observer

helenwaterman

Date

September 18, 2023 01:14 PM BST

Description

Oak epiphyte. Tangled up with small shoots of Plagiochila punctata and possible Microlejeunea ulicina.

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Observer

helenwaterman

Date

September 19, 2023 02:26 PM BST

Description

On coastal rocks in sheltered bay with Racomitrium lanuginosum. Leaves strongly recurved and cells smooth. Leaf tip rounded.

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What

Cow-horn Bog-Moss (Sphagnum denticulatum)

Observer

helenwaterman

Date

September 19, 2023 03:03 PM BST

Description

Completely submerged in pool on the headland. Stems up to 16cm long, very green and succulent. Stem leaves 2mm long, branch leaves up to 4mm long.

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What

Delicate Peatmoss (Sphagnum tenellum)

Observer

helenwaterman

Date

September 19, 2023 03:05 PM BST

Description

Growing in wet soil over rocks on headland. Plants very soft and break very easily. Capitulum 5mm across. End of spreading branches have 2 leaves looking like open bird's beak.

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steven_molteno

Date

September 5, 2023 11:30 AM SAST

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hyacinthus

Date

June 6, 2021 11:57 AM CEST

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helenwaterman

Date

September 1, 2023 09:22 AM BST

Description

On unshaded limestone rocks on the side of the dale. Shoots up to 1cm tall, leaves about 2mm long with white hair points. Lower cells sinuose. Appear to have 4 guide cells in lower section of leaves.

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Date

September 3, 2023 08:55 AM SAST

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Observer

jonnyecology

Date

August 2023

Description

Growing amongst Tortula subulata and other bryophytes on basalt cliffs but not in gorge

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calum_mclennan

Date

July 29, 2023 11:14 AM BST

Description

on living oak

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What

Dilated Scalewort (Frullania dilatata)

Observer

ch_berg

Date

January 5, 2022 01:35 PM CET

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What

Tamarisk Scalewort (Frullania tamarisci)

Observer

jerry2018

Date

August 6, 2023 03:55 PM BST

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What

Spotty Fingers (Frullania fragilifolia)

Observer

carnifex

Date

August 3, 2023 01:19 PM IST

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What

Haircap Mosses (Genus Polytrichum)

Observer

marisa117

Date

August 6, 2023 04:16 PM SAST

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What

Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

Observer

don_k

Date

August 12, 2023 01:49 PM SAST

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cecileroux

Date

August 6, 2023 01:17 PM SAST

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What

Rough Goose Neck Moss (Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus)

Observer

kh-c

Date

July 6, 2023 09:53 AM BST

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What

Water Earwort (Scapania undulata)

Observer

kh-c

Date

July 5, 2023 02:34 PM BST

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Observer

tayloria

Place

Bayern, DE (Google, OSM)

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Observer

michael-lueth

Date

July 2022

Description

Unterblätter mehr als doppelt so breit wie Stämmchen.

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What

Drooping Bryum (Ptychostomum compactum)

Observer

jonnyecology

Date

August 1, 2023 05:37 PM BST

Description

On foredunes. 'Cross walls' present on exostome, base of leaf red.

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Observer

jonnyecology

Date

July 23, 2023 06:30 PM BST

Description

On mobile dunes

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What

Tufted Apple-Moss (Philonotis caespitosa)

Observer

helenwaterman

Date

July 30, 2023 12:11 PM BST

Description

Growing in small trickle on side of hill in limestone grassland with Calliergonella cuspidata.
Very slender shoots, with red stems and slightly curved tips.
Leaves curved to one side, 1.5mm long, not plicate below.
Perigonial bracts pointed, 2mm long.

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What

Carolina Hornwort (Phaeoceros carolinianus)

Observer

ryanderoo

Date

July 23, 2023 04:27 PM SAST

Description

Not quite sure of this ID…
Stoma quite broad ~47um X 59um

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Observer

ryanderoo

Date

October 7, 2022 02:32 PM SAST

Description

on sandstone rock face

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Observer

ryanderoo

Date

February 23, 2023 01:46 PM SAST

Description

On small old fiddlewood tree trunk

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Observer

nicky

Date

February 3, 2023 09:34 AM SAST

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What

Liewermoos (Phylum Marchantiophyta)

Observer

simontamblyn

Date

July 15, 2023 09:15 AM SAST

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Observer

ryanderoo

Date

July 11, 2023 09:28 AM SAST

Description

Soft resinous smell

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What

Bearded Screwmoss (Pseudocrossidium crinitum)

Observer

jkn

Date

December 20, 2021 09:42 AM EET

Description

Kindly, assist with ID. Thanks in advance!

Picture taken at Limpopo-Lipadi Reserve, Tuli Block, Botswana.

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Observer

florent1

Date

August 5, 2016

Description

Succulent non-angiosperm


I^m struggling to find an ID on this; can^t even figure out which group of plants this is. I^m pretty sure this is not an angiosperm, could it be a moss?? The leaves are very succulent!

Grozs in deep shade.

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Observer

nicky

Date

February 5, 2022 10:04 AM SAST

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Date

July 17, 2021 01:56 PM SAST

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What

Operculate Ascomycetes (Class Pezizomycetes)

Observer

simontamblyn

Date

July 8, 2023 01:40 PM SAST

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Observer

ryanderoo

Date

July 6, 2023 01:54 PM SAST

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simontamblyn

Date

July 8, 2023 01:42 PM SAST

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rkct

Date

July 3, 2023 05:10 PM SAST

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Observer

ryanderoo

Date

June 30, 2023 12:40 PM SAST

Description

Found a capsule but not the perianth…
Looking back at the fresh specimen - I think I see it in the second photo.

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Observer

ryanderoo

Date

June 25, 2023 11:02 AM SAST

Description

If this is F. tristis — Interestingly, found on a shaded rock [normally: Frullanoides tristis almost exclusively epiphytic grows on bark, trunks, stems and twigs of living trees and shrubs, occasionally epiphyllous, rarely on logs or shaded rocks (van Slageren 1985, Singh et al. 2005.)]

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What

Rigid Beard Moss (Didymodon rigidulus)

Observer

jonnyecology

Date

June 25, 2023 05:30 PM BST

Description

North facing side of church in shade

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What

Large Notchwort (Trilophozia quinquedentata)

Observer

helenwaterman

Date

June 24, 2023 11:44 AM BST

Description

On gritstone rock with Hypnum cupressiforme and Dicranum scoparium in upland birch woodland. I couldn't find any 'cilia' on the leaf bases. Also not sure if photo 6 shows divided underleaves.

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What

Smooth-stalk Feather-Moss (Brachythecium salebrosum)

Observer

susan_marley

Date

May 14, 2023 02:32 PM BST

Description

On tree trunk

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What

Flat-leaved Scalewort (Radula complanata)

Observer

wiggs66

Date

May 28, 2023 04:21 PM BST

Description

On European aspen. Picture 4 shows Bryocentria metzgeriae, as suspected and later identified by @georgeg

Morrone Birkwood Site of Special Scientific Interest

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What

Cliff Campylopus (Campylopus atrovirens)

Observer

kathmcc

Date

May 21, 2023 11:34 AM BST

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What

Muhlenberg's Cord-Moss (Entosthodon muhlenbergii)

Observer

helenwaterman

Date

May 19, 2023 09:45 AM BST

Description

On thin soil over limestone rocks with Encalypta vulgaris and Saxifraga tridactylites. Leaves up to 2.5mm long. Capsules asymmetrical. Spores coarsely papillose. The semicircular 'leaf' seemed to be attached to the actual leaf - I'm not sure what it is though.

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What

Bog Haircap Moss (Polytrichum strictum)

Observer

calum_mclennan

Date

May 14, 2023 10:54 AM BST

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What

Dusky Fork-Moss (Dicranum fuscescens)

Observer

helenwaterman

Date

May 13, 2023 11:30 AM BST

Description

Scattered patches on gritstone rock with Hypnum jutlandicum in oak and birch woodland. Leaves up to 7mm long.

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What

Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)

Observer

hrodulf

Date

May 6, 2023 10:38 AM SAST

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What

Floerke's Pawwort (Neoorthocaulis floerkei)

Observer

helenwaterman

Date

May 10, 2023 09:17 AM BST

Description

On gritstone rock under bilberries near Diplophyllum albicans. No sign of gemmae. I only found one basal leaf cilia.

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jonnyecology

Date

May 8, 2023 04:08 PM BST

Description

On bare chalky soil in old 'clunch pit'. Margins plane (unlike T. muralis var aestiva). Bright green. Confirmed as new V.C record by BBS

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What

Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)

Observer

ilzejoubert

Date

February 28, 2021 03:10 PM SAST

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What

Trunk Pawwort (Neoorthocaulis attenuatus)

Observer

sim_elliott

Date

April 3, 2023

Description

with oCampylopus pyriformis

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What

Rustwort (Nowellia curvifolia)

Observer

alexplayford

Date

March 19, 2023 02:51 PM GMT

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What

Long-stalked Haircap Moss (Polytrichum longisetum)

Observer

jonnyecology

Date

February 12, 2023 04:47 PM GMT

Description

On shallow, rather compacted, peat

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What

Rigid Beard Moss (Didymodon rigidulus)

Observer

helenwaterman

Date

January 27, 2023 11:48 AM GMT

Description

On top of limestone rock in grassland with other bryophytes. Leaves up to 2.5mm long. Nerve excurrent.

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What

Forkmosses (Genus Dicranum)

Observer

grahambalfry

Date

January 30, 2023 06:03 PM GMT

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What

Sessile Grimmia (Schistidium apocarpum)

Observer

helenwaterman

Date

January 29, 2023 11:50 AM GMT

Description

On limestone rock in grassland with other bryophytes.

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What

Shrubby Sunburst Lichen (Polycauliona candelaria)

Observer

angelique_k

Date

December 3, 2022 03:23 PM PST

Description

Possibly. On oak. Could be a more widespread infection going on here that is killing the oak and the moss - see the blackening bark and observation http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143658378 Took small piece of bark that crumbled off very easily - photo 6 and 7 I think these are embedded microplastics? Made separate observations for the hyphomycetes and the other lichen here: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146356152 Unfortunately the app still doesn't allow me to delete these photos now that I have made separate observations for each.

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Observer

athol_ferguson

Date

January 2, 2023 01:25 PM SAST

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Observer

anthony369

Date

January 6, 2023 12:04 PM SAST

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What

Lesser Featherwort (Plagiochila porelloides)

Observer

zekemarshall

Date

January 7, 2023 12:34 PM GMT

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What

Spidery Mossear (Rimbachia arachnoidea)

Observer

rambryum

Date

January 1, 2023 10:39 AM PST

Description

Guessing based on large cream-white, uniformly-thick obconical fruiting body on orthotrichaceae in winter. Also on Nephroma I think.

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botaneek

Date

July 5, 2021 01:40 PM SAST

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Date

August 19, 2021 03:06 PM SAST

Place

KZN, ZA (Google, OSM)

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Observer

nicky

Date

August 15, 2021 03:56 PM SAST

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What

Hairy Scalewort (Frullania bolanderi)

Observer

rambryum

Date

December 11, 2022 12:43 PM PST

Description

@georgeg I found some of the promising Frullania today and will give it a whirld tonight. On Physcocarpus capitatus in river slough area

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botaneek

Date

April 8, 2021 09:11 AM SAST

Place

Hamasha 1 (Google, OSM)

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What

Straw Spear-Moss (Straminergon stramineum)

Observer

helenwaterman

Date

December 3, 2022 03:26 PM GMT

Description

Scattered strands among Sphagnum fallax in wettest part of boggy area. Leaves just over 1mm long with some rhizoids at back of leaf tips. Enlarged basal cells don't reach the nerve.

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What

Hairy Scalewort (Frullania bolanderi)

Observer

rambryum

Date

January 30, 2020 12:17 PM PST

Description

Tiny on Holodiscus

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hanno_schaefer

Date

December 30, 2021 12:13 PM CET

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botaneek

Date

November 26, 2022 07:22 AM SAST