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Sporophyte Sunday by daniel_gies.

Sporophyte Sunday by daniel_gies.
Uploaded on March 7, 2010by daniel_gies

Sporophyte Sunday

Bryophyte photo of the week! Great shot!
There are more on Flickr, but this is my favorite this week.

Help with ID: Limestone moss or liverwort?

Hello,

I observed this frondose-moss in Clayoquot Sound on limestone rock seeps in Tofino Inlet. I have never seen it before. Can anyone help me identify it? It is pinate shaped with overlapping costate/nerve leaves with a single row of ventral leaves along midrib. I wondered if it was a liverwort, but it appears more moss-like.

See attached photos. And thanks!

Tyler Innes

Koksilah Road, Duncan, BC

Bryonet responses:

• • Re: [BRYONET] Fwd: Limestone moss or liverwort?, ttmcintosh, 03/12/2010
  • RE: [BRYONET] Fwd: Limestone moss or liverwort? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED], Cargill, Chris, 03/12/2010
  • RE: [BRYONET] Fwd: Limestone moss or liverwort?, Adolf Ceska, 03/12/2010
    • Re: [BRYONET] Fwd: Limestone moss or liverwort?, ttmcintosh, 03/12/2010
  • Re: [BRYONET] Fwd: Limestone moss or liverwort?, Terry Taylor, 03/12/2010
  • Re: [BRYONET] Fwd: Limestone moss or liverwort?, Johannes Enroth, 03/12/2010
  • AW: [BRYONET] Fwd: Limestone moss or liverwort?, Frank Müller, 03/12/2010
  • Re: [BRYONET] Fwd: Limestone moss or liverwort?, Pócs Tamás, 03/12/2010
  • Re: [BRYONET] Fwd: Limestone moss or liverwort?, Pócs Tamás, 03/12/2010
  • Re: [BRYONET] Fwd: Limestone moss or liverwort?, Neil Bell, 03/12/2010

Help with ID: I can't identify this moss

Hi,

I can't identify this moss, collected from 1 km deep on a rock in a cave near a spot light source.

Kerem CANLI

Ph.D. candidate

Ankara University, Turkey

Bryonet responses:

• Re: [BRYONET] Help in identification please., Sam Bosanquet, 03/02/2010
• Re: [BRYONET] Help in identification please., Michael Lueth, 03/02/2010
• AW: [BRYONET] Help in identification please., Gehrig, Christine, 03/02/2010
• RE: [BRYONET] Help in identification please., Richard Zander, 03/02/2010
• Re: [BRYONET] Help in identification please., Brent Mishler, 03/02/2010
• RE: [BRYONET] Help in identification please., Eakin, David, 03/02/2010
• Re: [BRYONET] Help in identification please., Min S. Chuah-Petiot, 03/02/2010
  • Re: [BRYONET] Help in identification please., Kerem CANLI, 03/03/2010
• Re: [BRYONET] Help in identification please., bardat, 03/03/2010
• Re: [BRYONET] Help in identification please., Svatava Kubešová, 03/03/2010

Adventures of a Phytochemist: Moss Revival

Adventures of a Phytochemist: Moss Revival

Moss Revival

When I walk through a forest, three thoughts generally cross my mind. First, I think of the the forest as a chemical library. There is wealth of knowledge just waiting to be discovered! Secondly, I think of each plant, at every moment sensing and responding to a complex web of developmental and environmental signals. I am astounded at the diversity of compounds produced by plants and I want to share this perspective with anyone who is willing to listen. The third thought to cross my mind is "whoa, look at that moss!"
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By Dr. Lalita Calabria

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Disjunct Naturalists - Notes on an epiphyllous liverwort

Disjunct Naturalists - Notes on an epiphyllous liverwort

by T. Thekathyil - 2010/02/19

http://www.disjunctnaturalists.com/images2/epiphyllous-liverwort-1.JPG

As yet unidentified epiphyllous liverwort growing on the hard water fern Blechnum wattsii

In A field guide to the mosses & allied plants of Southern Australia Meagher and Fuhrer (2003) omitted epyphyllous liverworts on the grounds of their 'rarity and cryptic nature'. Given their minute size, the chances of finding them would be about as remote as that of finding the proverbial needle in the haystack.

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