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Mosses and ferns
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Enjoying learning about mosses and ferns, liverworts, hornworts…

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janephuong.bsky.social
#TextureTuesday
Green moss on the ground.
June 29, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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roger1952.bsky.social
Chatsubomi Moss Park, Gunma, Japan
A vertical nature photograph captures the extraordinarily lush, otherworldly environment of Chatsubomi Moss Park in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. The composition presents a mesmerizing study in natural geography, micro-ecosystems, and the serene, elemental beauty of Japan's volcanic wetlands. The landscape is defined by dense, undulating mounds of vibrant green moss that blanket the rugged rock formations. The flora forms thick, pillow-like cushions that appear almost velvety, glowing in brilliant shades of chartreuse and rich emerald green. This unique environment is celebrated for hosting Chatsubomigoke (Jungermannia vulcanicola), a rare type of moss-like liverwort that thrives exclusively in the highly acidic, mineral-rich waters of volcanic hot springs. In striking contrast to the plush, static texture of the mossy banks, a rushing mountain stream cascades through the frame. Captured with a smooth, long-exposure technique, the fast-flowing water is transformed into silky, milk-white ribbons that veil the dark stone backdrop. The water flows gracefully through the narrow channel, pooling into a soft blur around the rounded, moss-covered boulders and generating a cool, misty atmosphere. The tight vertical framing creates an intimate, immersive view, drawing the eye along the fluid path of the stream as it winds through the dense greenery. The composition beautifully encapsulates the classical Japanese appreciation for moss—celebrated in traditional garden design and poetry as a profound symbol of longevity, humility, and the quiet, untamed passage of time.
June 28, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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bramblebotanist.bsky.social
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.
June 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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yorkshirepeat.bsky.social
We recently visited a site that was restored about 2 years ago in the Yorkshire Dales. Sphagnum plugs are doing great! #PeatlandRestoration #SphagnumMonday #GreatNorthBog
June 22, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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2-hour-lunch.bsky.social
Mosses and lichen out in the woods after it rained #moss #nature #lichen
June 24, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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fungiwithbengi.bsky.social
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
photomicrograph of a caducous branchlet A liverwort underleaf which would have been cooler if it had 4 points. Next to it is some Chroococcid blue-green algae photomicrograph of a "normal branch" of Frullania austinii. No perianths or antheridia are visible
June 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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fungiwithbengi.bsky.social
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.
A golden yellow, somewhat pinnately branched moss with blunt, rounded leaves. which closely overlap each other to trap water inside.
June 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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distractedhiker.bsky.social
#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
A mostly creek bed runs down a moss-covered rock ledge in a shaded forest.
June 24, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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fungiwithbengi.bsky.social
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.
A patch of light green scapanioid liverwort with pointed leaf leaf apexes. A micrograph of a full branch. It has toothy leaves and only faint traces of vitta-like cells, as opposed to the prominently vittate D. albicans A closeup of a leaf apex to show its multicellular apical teeth A micrograph of angular gemmules born at the leaf tips
June 23, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social
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
June 23, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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mosssoup2.bsky.social
Sphagnum angustifolium together with Aulacomnium palustre at the edge of Pomponrahka ombotrophic bog in SW Finland :)
June 22, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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miqueljover.bsky.social
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
June 21, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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swampvids.bsky.social
The one in the middle is named Oscar. #moss #nativeplants
Macro image of a bed of bright green sphagnum mosses with long, fringed leaves and brown ball-shaped capsules. Have this pegged as fringed bogmoss, Sphagnum fimbriatum, but make no promises that the ID is accurate.
June 23, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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mattstrib.bsky.social
Riccia glauca, Glaucous Crystalwort on a path edge in the wonderful Potager Garden in Cornwall.
close up photo showing Glaucous Crystalwort plant
June 22, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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oddballuk.bsky.social
Lud’s “Church”
PROS: Always open, cool, damp and green all year round
CONS: No disabled access
Rocky steps leading up out of a large rocky crevice covered in moss and plants Looking upwards from within the crevice at three points where trees and plants hang A muddy, stony path between two steep, rocky walls covered in moss and plants Another look at muddy, stony path between two steep rocky walls, this time from the other direction and sloping downwards
June 20, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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dcfitzgerald.bsky.social
A miniature forest created by epiphytic moss wrapping around thin twigs or saplings...this is likely a type of pleurocarpous (creeping) moss. #moss #ecology #nature #photo
A miniature forest created by epiphytic moss wrapping vertically around thin twigs or saplings...this is likely a type of pleurocarpous (creeping) moss.
June 20, 2026 at 10:13 PM
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earthdotcom.bsky.social
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.
www.earth.com
June 20, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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yomoyamanoie.bsky.social
‘Houou-goke (Phoenix moss)’ is rare around here, so I’m always a little happy when I find it.

#moss
#nature
June 18, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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sciencex.bsky.social
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
June 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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peatymike.bsky.social
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...
June 18, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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fungiwithbengi.bsky.social
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.
June 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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fernspotting.bsky.social
Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)

#fernspotted #ferns #piedmont #spores
Very close view of the underside of mid-green leaflets on the fertile fronds of Ebony Spleenwort. Reproductive structures on these leaflets are oriented diagonally from the midline of the leaflet, extending upward and outward. The transluscent white coverings on the reproductive structures are indusia, though some are opening, fully opened, or have been completely shed. Tiny, dark, spherical sporangia are visible where the indusia have given way and are filled with ripening spores. This close perspective also shows a dark brown-red variant of the rachis.
June 18, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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fungiwithbengi.bsky.social
Wahlenberg's Nodding Moss - Pohlia wahlenbergii

A very nice patch of it
A patch of upright branched, light green moss. it's growing on wet rock
June 17, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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caryocatactes.bsky.social
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
June 15, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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mossmalarkey.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
June 16, 2026 at 6:02 PM