A huge sigh of relief: I've finally managed to explain moss sex in a way that I hope is generally understandable. Not easy because there are only complicated technical terms for some stuff. Moss is generally neglected in all languages I know. So I have to find analogies ... We should have a moss sex cartoon. 😁

#NatureMatchCuts #mosstodon #moss #MossMonday #NaturePhotography #biology #sciComm #bryology

Mindfulness poem for the #lichenology #phycology #mycology fans. #Bryology fans can likely relate too.

On Peace by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

"There is so much I cannot do
to help the world,
but this—
let me learn to metabolize
silence as the alga in lichen
metabolizes light."

https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/03/28/on-peace/

#lichen #algae #fungus #mosses #Mosstodon #mindfulness #PoetryOfPresence #poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #peace

(To my US followers 🤫 ) I wrote: "Obviously, the immensely rich #diversity of choices offers evolutionary advantages for a wide variety of environments." I'm just writing about #moss sex. 😁 Without Newspeak. 💪

I'm proud to use the so-called "flagged" words ▶️ https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/00aabadd-63c5-4f3d-93a9-e93ebda61377

Yes, my podcast comeback episode will be about #Moss!

#mosstodon #NatureMatchCuts #podcast #DEI #forbiddenWords #NFI #biology #bryology #ecology #biodiversity #ReconnectWithNature #fascination

American botanist, bryologist, and educator Elizabeth Gertrude Britton was born #OTD in 1858.

She was a co-founder of the precursor body to the American Bryological and Lichenological Society. She was an activist for the protection of wildflowers, inspiring local chapter activities and the passage of legislation. Elizabeth Britton made major contributions to the literature of mosses, publishing 170 papers in that field.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gertrude_Britton

#science #botany #bryology #womeninStem

oilbodies in Liverworts :)

Frullania dilatata
Radula complanata
Lophozia ventricosa str.

#Mosstodon #bryology

Species in the family Buxbaumiaceae in Germany :)

Buxbaumia aphylla
Buxbaumia viridis
Diphyscium foliosum

#mosstodon #bryology #moss

Different Lejeuneacea from la Réunion - quite nice but difficult to ID genus as there are so many species :)

Microlejeunea africana, Capillolejeunea mascarena (endemic), Prionolejeunea grata, Microlejeunea kamerunensis

#bryology #liverwort #Mosstodon

Gymnomitrion - one of my fav. genera :) pictures where taken in open tundra or small snowebeds in finish lapland

G. corralioides, G. brevissimum, G. concinnatum

#bryology #moss #gymnomitrion #Mosstodon