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Mosses and ferns
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Enjoying learning about mosses and ferns, liverworts, hornworts…

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janephuong.bsky.social
Hello #FernFriday
Two types of fern growing next to each other.
February 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Spores getting launched!

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Fern Spores under a microscope
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February 12, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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nuiipointer.bsky.social
#fungi #fungifriends #madeira
A small cluster of mushrooms with pale caps and orange stems on a mossy tree stump.
February 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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tenoaks6.bsky.social
where news is forgotten

#peace #nature #photography #wellbeing #forestwalks #art
the smell of moss on a winters day clears the mind of now. it's everywhere in this open break of dense forest. it covers the ground debris like a blanket of calm absorbing everything that once lived high in the trees. cheeky ferns tease, 'you can't get me' but there is no competition for all is well and watched over by the sentries who for generations have minded this land. in the distance a sunbeam enfolded in blue sky.
February 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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henkw28.bsky.social
Het is nevelachtig weer, mooi om er op uit te trekken met een camera. Op de foto het Gewoon Muursterretje (Tortula muralis).

#mos #macrofotografie #regendruppels #natuurfotografie
February 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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carolannie.bsky.social
Mosses on fences
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleWinter #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood
#MossMonday
An array of cushions of moss grow on a concrete fence post. Some are green with silver tips, some olive green with orange green sporangia stems poking up. The effect is a bit like a collage of jewel toned pin cushions. A slightly different array of cushions of moss grow on a concrete fence post. Some are green with silver tips( Grimmia pulvinata?) , some olive green with orange green sporangia stems poking up. There is one springing up with long leafy branches in the middle (feather moss?) . The effect is a bit like a collage of jewel toned pin cushions.
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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dcfitzgerald.bsky.social
Chestnut tree (likely Castanea sativa, the Sweet Chestnut). The mossy layer (doesn't harm the tree) is essentially a miniature forest, providing a home for tiny invertebrates and other small plants. #nature #plants #moss #biology #ecology
Chestnut tree (likely Castanea sativa, the Sweet Chestnut). The mossy layer (doesn't harm the tree) is essentially a miniature forest, providing a home for tiny invertebrates and other small plants.
February 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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Whilst out Snowdrop hunting for the @bsbibotany.bsky.social @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social Flora of Cumbria Recording Group, we found some lovely patches of Manton''s Polypody, Polypodium x mantonii, & a large stand of Rustyback, Asplenium ceterach. Underbarrow, #Cumbria
#WildFernHour #wildflowerhour
Manton''s Polypody Polypodium x mantonii Rustyback Asplenium ceterach
February 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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htsbiotechmoss.bsky.social
My good friend and director of the natural history museum of Denmark is looking for a curator for #bryophytes. Thus, if you like these small #plants, you should really apply. Great place to work, great city and amazing plants.

#sciencejobs #plantscijobs

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We are hiring a Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Bryology at the National Natural History Museum Denmark, in central Copenhagen. Duties are collection-based research, curation of a… ...
We are hiring a Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Bryology at the National Natural History Museum Denmark, in central Copenhagen. Duties are collection-based research, curation of a h...
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February 11, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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sciencex.bsky.social
Warming can increase soil carbon storage in boreal Sphagnum peatlands by enhancing plant productivity, protecting iron, and inhibiting microbial decomposition, contrasting with trends in forests and tundra. doi.org/hbn8f3
Warming may boost soil carbon storage in boreal Sphagnum peatlands, study finds
A new study reports that climate warming can increase soil carbon accumulation in boreal Sphagnum peatlands by boosting plant productivity, protecting iron, and inhibiting microbial decomposition.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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celsii-botanicals.bsky.social
Bazzania trilobata
One of the largest UK liverworts identifiable by its hummock formimg behaviours and three-lobed 'feet' that create a millipede-like appearance.

#moss #bryophytes
#ukbotany #marcophotography #uknature #plants
Bazzania trilobata showing its three-lobed leaves and thread-like branches. It forms loose, upright hummocks that stand out immediately compared to other oceanic liverwort species. Displaying it's more open, flat form. A humidity loving species that grows over rocks, trees, and sometimes just woodland floors in the wetter Western parts of the UK. In drier places, you're more likely to find it associated with microclimates such as ravines and wooded gorges.
February 12, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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swampvids.bsky.social
Look at what this old phone that's mostly an error message and has been soaked a few countless times can still do.

....Sometimes.
#mossy #naturesky
Moss with sporophytes and reindeer lichen growing in leaf litter. Acceptable detail in photo.
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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nature-in-charge.bsky.social
Pylaisia polyantha. An attractive silky epiphyte, once an infrequent species but doing well at Broughton Sanctuary, Skipton - now seen in 3 wet woods. Slender erect capsules on dark setae, conical lids and capsule exothecial cells have uniformly thickened cell walls. @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Moss in situ; capsules have dark setae and conical lids Leaf; ~1mm, similar to Hypnum resupinatum Capsule outer surface (left) and inner surface (right) Capsule exothecial cells with uniformly thickened cell walls
February 11, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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10-day time-lapse of moss growth | 2021 Small World in Motion Competition
Wojtek Plonka - 10-day time-lapse of moss growth
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February 11, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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harrisclements.bsky.social
More ferns! Pinnate-leaved plants from the first two images are Black Spleenwort (Asplenium adiantum-nigrum) and the last image shows a little Hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium), all of which are happy with this mild rainy weather we're getting 🌧️☔
#essex #ferns #botany #plants #maldon
February 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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denterrick.bsky.social
Monday morning hike in the mossy mossy woods.

#Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #WoodlandWednesday #Dublin #Ireland
A wet morning in Mullaghmeen Forest in Meath. A pleasant enough woodland walk but part of the forest is being cut down. Coillte strikes again.
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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davidallensmith.bsky.social
Triple Trunked Tuesday
#fujifilm #moss #forest
A moss covered triple trunked big leaf maple tree ascends into an overcast sky. Many other trees in the background.
February 10, 2026 at 8:45 PM
fernymoss.bsky.social
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Time Lapse of Liverwort Plant Taking Over the Planter
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February 11, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social
Tetraphis pellucida with its distinctive gemmae cups (although I think there would sometimes be more of them than my sample had) growing on a wooded ledge in Leic aimhréidh. A first for me, thanks @joannedenyer.bsky.social for confirming :)
February 9, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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boggy-on-trent.bsky.social
I think that this is new patch species #26 for the year, Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss (Plagiomnium undulatum) today along the Cloud Trail at Weston on Trent. The leaves really do look like minature Hart's-tongue Fern
February 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Hart’s-tongue Thyme-moss (Plagiomnium undulatum)

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Viļņainā skrajlape / Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss (Plagiomnium undulatum)
YouTube video by Skolotāja Sintija
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February 10, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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thehubzter.bsky.social
Pohlia nutans (Nodding Thread-moss) is a very common, widespread acrocarpous moss in the UK found on acidic soil, peat, and rotten wood.
#ThePhotoHour #TonyBayliss #photography #art #moss #macro #macrophotography
February 10, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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unravy.bsky.social
I'd like to share with you this perfect moss ball 🌿✨
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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celsii-botanicals.bsky.social
Plagiochila punctata

A hyperoceanic liverwort found in damp, rainy woodlands across the Altantic rainforest zone in the UK.
It can most easily be differentiated from other Plagiochila species by it's significantly smaller size 🔍🌿

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#macro
#botany
A photo of Plagiochila punctata, a tiny green liverwort growing on the trunk of an oak tree. This individual was hardly larger than a grain of sand, and can be tricky to spot amongst other epiphtic rainforest species.
February 10, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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This is the green I've been waiting to see again. This lovely green gradient on a fern as the leaves unfurl. #thinkspring #naturephotography #ferns
Color close up photo of a fern leaf. A green gradient from darker green at the top to lighter green at the tips of the leaves. The background is a yellow green and blurry.
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 PM