fruiting moss??

[kiltoncomp]

im not sure if i am posting this in the right place or not,
i saw this yesterday and from a distace of 8ft it looked like a mass of white hairs, which do not appear so dense when viewed from close up,

are the white stalks the fruiting part of the moss/lichen ??
there seem to be two differrent types, one has a black "seed" like head and the other a star shaped "flower" head,



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Brian.

[Deer Stalker]

Looks like a Liverwort (related to mosses). Maybe Lophocolea sp.

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by Deer Stalker

Looks like a Liverwort (related to mosses). Maybe Lophocolea sp.

Hi , thanks for the info, i will have to do a little searching on the web, hopefully i can find something like it,

Brian.

[Chris Yeates]

hi

definitely a leafy liverwort - note the cross-shapes in your photo where the sporocarps have split . . . see attached photo of Lophocolea heterophylla:


cheers

Chris

[kiltoncomp]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

hi

definitely a leafy liverwort - note the cross-shapes in your photo where the sporocarps have split . . . see attached photo of Lophocolea heterophylla:


cheers

Chris

Hi Chris, thanks for that info, the pic of yours looks to be the same one as i found,
there is more to the mosses and lichens than meets the eye, some very intersting ones have been posted on here ,especially the ones by Jenny, the Baeomyces types in particular, fascinating stuff,

Brian,