#moss id

[geopsych]

Moss identification help: does anyone know what kind of moss this is? It was growing on the trunk of an old white oak, I believe.

[geopsych]

I guess this is a moss? If it is, it’s a stringy, al dente kind of moss. I keep thinking I know a name for a related kind of plant that it might be, but I can’t think of it. edit: possibly Hedwigia? Any moss people out there?

[mossinformed]

Now that I am back in the herbarium after a Series of Events, here is a running list of mosses I have collected & identified for the herbarium. My job is mostly curating old collections but I’m getting better at IDs!

Tortula brevipies

Tortula ruralis

Fontinalis hypnoides

Tortella tortuosa

Bryum gemmiparum

Encalypta procera

Didymodon tripharius