A photograph of several species of mosses and lichens, with some of the Glittering woodmoss individuals frozen into icicles, making them Mossicles!

Mossicles

Icy Glittering woodmoss (Hylocomium splendens) and perhaps Wavy broom moss (Dicranum polysetum) or Broom fork moss (Dicranum scoparium)???

#MacroMonday #Bryophytes #Mosses #Lichen #Forest #Plants #PlantSky #Nature #Icicles #Naturephotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #Norway

Dicranoweisia cirrata on birch bark and Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus on the ground. Koziegłowy, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#mosses #mchy #Bryophyta #bryophytes #mszaki #bryology #mossfriends

Hidden Gems of the Shrub-Steppe The poem highlights the significance of protecting living soil crust in shrub-steppe ecosystems, emphasizing its role in nutrient supply and soil stability.

#poem highlights the significance of protecting #livingsoilcrust in #shrub-steppe ecosystems, emphasizing its role in #nutrient supply and #soilstability

#bryophytes #napowrimo #napowrimo26 #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth #poetry26 #clmooc

Hidden Gems of the Shrub-Steppe The poem highlights the significance of protecting living soil crust in shrub-steppe ecosystems, emphasizing its role in nutrient supply and soil stability.

#poem highlights the significance of protecting #livingsoilcrust in #shrub-steppe ecosystems, emphasizing its role in #nutrient supply and #soilstability
#bryophytes #napowrimo #napowrimo26 #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth #poetry26 #clmooc

Hypnum cupressiforme taking the place of Trentepohlia (a green alga, but orange) on a fallen oak stump
#moss #bryophytes

Ptilidium pulcherrimum (PL rzęsiak piękny, EN tree fringewort). Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#liverworts #wątrobowce #Marchantiophyta #Bryophytes #mszaki #bryology

A group of adults outdoors in a grassy woodland clearing, closely examining moss samples using hand lenses during a field workshop.

A participant wearing a red hat and green jacket uses a hand lens to closely inspect a small moss sample, with others blurred in the background.

A classroom setting with several people studying moss samples at tables, with microscopes, notes, and a presentation screen visible.

Close-up of bright green moss with fine, star-shaped structures growing among blades of grass.

A great day at our woodland bryophytes workshop 🌿

Field ID + microscope work = getting properly up close with mosses.

Thanks to everyone who joined us!

With thanks to @naturescot.bsky.social for supporting our workshops!

📸 Rebekah Wilson

#Bryophytes #Ecology #Moss #Recording

Comic-style cover image with a bright blue radial background and a photograph of moss growing over a rectangular stone block. Large text at the top reads “NEWS OF THE WEEK.” Three diagonal coloured banners below show the title in Italian, Spanish, and English: “Non Sottovalutate le Briofite,” “No Subestimen a las Briófitas,” and “Do Not Underestimate Bryophytes.” A vertical photo credit appears on the right, and the Drops of Science logo is in the bottom right corner.

🧪 News of the week: Do Not Underestimate Bryophytes
follow the thread for the ITA and ESP links and for the image version with ALT capture
#DropsOfScience #Scicomm #STEM #Science #News #Bryophytes #Conservation
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Are these the fruit capsules of bristly hair cap #moss please ? An Embankment area -east central
Scotland #bryophytes

A nice natural composition: Frullania dilatata, some mosses, and a downy feather for a final touch. Zielonka Forest, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#liverworts #wątrobowce #Marchantiophyta #Bryophytes #mszaki #bryology

Tortula truncata, growing on wet soil, next to an ephemeral pond.

Syntrichia laevipila, with small propagules, growing as epiphyte on Quercus suber.

Hedwigia ciliata, saxicolous on exposed granite rocks.

Barbula unguiculata, on disturbed soil next to an unpaved road.

Some bryophytes that I found a couple of weeks ago, during a walk around Sant Climent Sescebes. Tortula truncata, Syntrichia laevipila, Hedwigia ciliata and Barbula unguiculata. More info in the images. #bryophytes #mosses

“Underrated…” • A Little Patch of Lichens & Moss

#photography #closeup #macro #lichen #moss #bryophytes #lichens #nature #naturephotography #closeupphotography #macrophotography

Lophocolea bidentata #liverworts and Polytrichum piliferum #mosses. Kicin/Czerwonak, Wielkopolska (western Poland)
#wątrobowce #mchy #Bryophytes #mszaki #bryology

A photograph of an old tea kettle abandoned in the forest, with diverse mosses spilling out from the open top.

Abandoned Tea Kettle
Svartskog, Akershus
Norway

#ColorADay #GrennSat #Green #Macro #Forgotten #Abandoned #Bryophytes #Mosses #Plants #Scape #Nature #NaturePhotography #Norway #EastCoastKin #Norway

It's been a poor year for capsules on epiphytes but Orthotrichum pulchellum looks as lovely as ever.
#moss #bryophytes

The scarce liverwort of arable habitats Sphaerocarpos - they need ripe spores for identification. A bit is on the kitchen windowsill getting regular sprays to keep it moist. Hoping it's Texas Balloonwort as it has the best English name but either of the two balloonworts would do!

My most exciting find on Weds w the wildlife group was Sphaerocarpos in a sandy arable field that had asparagus in it until last year. New for Shropshire but unless I can get a sample to ripen on the kitchen windowsill it will be Sphaerocarpos sp. Help! #bryophytes @bbsbryology.bsky.social

The text at the top reads: “AJB and APPS Special Issue Call for Papers”. Photos, clockwise from top left: Pleopeltis michauxiana, Sequoiadendron giganteum, unidentified moss species, Azolla cristata. The text beneath the image reads: “New Perspectives from the Genealogy of Flagellate Plants (GoFlag)”. Photos by Jessie Pelosi.

🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS 🌿 FINAL WEEK!

Submit your proposal to joint special issues of #AJB and #AppsPlantSci highlighting new resources & advances from the #GoFlag project

Deadline April 1

More info: bit.ly/49JPtDe

@ebsessa.bsky.social #bryophytes #ferns #gymnosperms #botany #plantscience

Sphagnum teres is one of the few species in the UK with a consistently prominent central bud to its capitulum. A great indicator of base enrichment and a memorable species to learn for upland habitat identification!

Sphagnum Teres

A loose growing, lawn forming species found in a base-rich flush in the Yorkshire dales.

Glowing in the sun and showing off its amazing colour, sometimes described as 'malt vinegar'- but it can be completely green in shade!

#bryophytes #sphagnum
#nature #plants
#botany

A close look at assorted fruiting mosses

Assorted mosses
#Winter #mosses #bryophytes #sporophytes

Darker colours are found in shadier, wetter parts of the riparian zone, with that growing at water level sometimes looking completely black.

Hyocomium armoricum

A neat-looking riparian moss found most commonly in the North and West of the UK.

Shades vary from inundated black and green, to drier variants of golden brown, and can be recognised by its large, neat growth style and habitat.

#bryophytes #plants
#moss #uknature
#botany

Two participants sit at a table during a bryophyte identification workshop, examining moss samples with microscopes while using field guides and notes. One person holds a small clump of moss while another studies specimens under a microscope. The table is covered with books, hand lenses, and identification sheets, showing a hands-on learning environment.

🌿 Want to learn how to identify mosses, liverworts and hornworts? 🌍

Join us on 31st March at our Woodland Bryophytes Workshop with bryophyte expert Dr Liz Kungu at Vogrie Country Park.

Book your place via link in bio!

📸 Mike Beard

#Bryophytes #Moss #Botany #Nature #FieldSkills #Scotland

The text at the top reads: “AJB and APPS Special Issue Call for Papers”. Photos, clockwise from top left: Pleopeltis michauxiana, Sequoiadendron giganteum, unidentified moss species, Azolla cristata. The text beneath the image reads: “New Perspectives from the Genealogy of Flagellate Plants (GoFlag)”. Photos by Jessie Pelosi.

🌿SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌿DEADLINE IN 2 WEEKS!

Submit your proposal to joint special issues of #AJB and #AppsPlantSci highlighting new resources & advances from the #GoFlag project

Deadline April 1

More info: bit.ly/49JPtDe

@ebsessa.bsky.social #bryophytes #ferns #gymnosperms #botany

Temperature controls bryophyte‐associated nitrogen fixation in super‐humid temperate forests in New Zealand

Yes, #NitrogenFixation is widespread among #Bryophytes in super-humid temperature rainforests of #NewZealand...and it is controlled by #Temperature along #ClimateGradients: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Frullania dilatata. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#wątrobowce #liverworts #Marchantiophyta #mszaki #Bryophytes #bryology

🌿💧 See how plants drink water from the air
- mosses in space!… 🚀

Following on from the wall mosses post check this video out -

Could this moss one day terraform the planet Mars?

#Moss #Bryophytes #HiddenWonders #Space #Terraforming #EarlyPlants #Evolution

Mosses are great up close. This sporophyte would open and close as I breathed on it. Sadly I could not get a good video of it. #oakland #moss #bryophytes

Blunt-leaved bogmoss , broom moss and common haircap #moss from a yesterdays peat boggy walk ! East central Scotland #bryophytes

New macro lens, new photos! The moss HEDWIGIA CILIATA, growing on granite rocks near Sant Climent Sescebes, between the Pyrenees and the Empordà depression. #bryophytes #mosses

Scapania compacta has leaf lobes that are a similar size, facing in similar orientations. This gives it a flatter, more regular look compared to other, more three-dimensional species.

Scapania compacta

Despite being full of rain here, this is a Scapania species found in relatively drier areas. It was very common across a slate covered, gravelly riverside in the Lake District due to the free-draining nature of the substrate.

#bryophytes #liverwort
#uknature #liverworts
#plants

A few different mosses growing on concrete

Assorted mosses
#Winter #moss #bryophytes