Despite appearances, these two water lovers are, from what I can tell, not actually true #mosses.
I believe the one on the left is (probably) a patch of thallose #liverwort, most likely #Lunularia spp.
And on the right is (again, probably) a shaggy clump of #spikemoss, most likely #Selaginella 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
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
#wildflowerhour #lunularia #liverwort