Jun 23, 2023
Pick an unsettling moss fact
In the 1600s, mosses were considered to be ‘aborted plant fetuses’
Fontinalis sp. can reach 2 meters in their aquatic habitat
The sporophyte is parasitic on the gametophyte (leafy part), haustoria & all
Mosses can survive decades in a filing cabinet with no light/water
Fontinalis dalecarlica can survive 2 weeks of boiling
Moss in Antarctic ice cores 1500 yrs old started growing protnema 22 days later
Some genes are fossils, and will never be turned back on (what do they DO?!)
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Voting ended onJun 30, 2023
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