Tim Chapman-Wilson · @TimChp
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Despite appearances, these two water lovers are, from what I can tell, not actually true .

I believe the one on the left is (probably) a patch of thallose , most likely spp.

And on the right is (again, probably) a shaggy clump of , most likely spp.

Of course we still love them anyway.

Also, I plead excited amateur status here, so true moss experts please correct any of my (likely) taxonomic errors 🤓.

#Mosses #liverwort #lunularia #spikemoss #selaginella #mosstodon

Last updated 3 years ago

Ste Cook · @Polypompholyx
125 followers · 136 posts · Server mastodon.social

And because I’m me and I’ve always polluted Wildflower Hour with interloping stuff that doesn’t flower, here is a lovely Crescent-cup Liverwort (Lunularia cruciata) growing on some waste-ground near a gutter down-pipe. The little crescents produce gemmae, which are flakes of tissue that can splash out in rain and take root (well, take rhizoid) elsewhere.

#wildflowerhour #lunularia #liverwort

Last updated 3 years ago