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Algal Haircap Moss (Pogonatum pensilvanicum)Observer
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Carpeting the soil of a downed tree.
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Handsome Woollywort (Trichocolea tomentella)Observer
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Right off of the Birch Ridge Preserve trail, on a boulder next to the channel of a stream. Intermingled with Thuidium delicatulum. An extremely cute camouflage :)
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Alga-like Matted-Moss (Serpoleskea confervoides)Observer
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Growing atop a small white (likely calcareous) boulder submerged in damp leaf litter.
The form is different from how it looks in photos online...but the smaller characteristics (that I could actually see) and sporophyte characteristics match quite well. I'd appreciate some input :)!
Leaves very small, below 0.25 mm. Entire margins. Lanceolate to ovate. Apex acute to acuminate / Laminal cells rhomboidal & rounded, not papillose, arranged symmetrically / Alar cells few, not easily discernable / Seta ~8mm, twisted, smooth / Capsules inclined; green, short, and plump / Peristome teeth yellow
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Velvet Feather-Moss (Brachytheciastrum velutinum)Observer
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On rock, alongside trail, near where the Purple and White trails connect.
Leaves ~1mm, sickle-lanceolate, long acuminate tip, minutely toothed on margins along length. Capsule ~1mm, red-black, plump, inclined, with yellow peristome teeth (cute!!!). Seta rough. Elongated cells in lamina and costa. Square alar cells. Costa ends past middle but before apex, similar in look to lamina.
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Common Haircap Moss (Polytrichum commune)Observer
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Polytrichum commune var. uliginosum: elongate stems, tightly sheathing glossy leaf bases, leaves flexuose and recurved.
In this individual: marginal lamellae deeply notched to flat to rounded, lamellae 3-6 cells high
Genetic analysis suggests var. uliginosum is a separate lineage from var. commune:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1055/s-2000-5952
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Genus PhilonotisObserver
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Growing unintentionally on artificial light, floating on a mass of rhizoids on water and attached to the intake filters in PetSmart fish tanks. Microscope photos show plantlets growing from gemmae, leaf shape, apical and axial gemmae with leaf primordia, and rhizoids. Plants strongly hydrophobic.
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Round Hornwort (Notothylas orbicularis)Observer
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Found growing on disturbed soil next to a trail in the Great Swamp
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European Earwig Complex (Complex Forficula auricularia)Observer
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Under pot in yard
