#syntrichia

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Star Moss Syntrichia ruralis Pottiaceae

Photographs taken on October 22, 2022, at Marmora and Lake, Ontario, Canada.

[drhoz]

#2979 - Syntrichia sp.

A cosmpolitan genus of moss, distinguished by and named after the twisted filaments of the peristome united by a basal membrane - see the tip of the spore capsule in the first photo. In mosses, the peristome can open and close to control the rate of spore release.

Lake Richmond, Perth, WA

[oakapples]

Really want some huge prints of macro photos of Syntrichia mosses for my walls.