Happy #MossMonday, #Mosstodon!
Watch my little friend here rehydrate before your very eyes! This sample is from ASPA135 near #CaseyStation in #Antarctica, we desiccate and freeze our samples to store them & rehydrate them to identify which species they are 🌿
Visual estimates tell me this is #Bryum & either #Ceratodon or #Schistidium, but I’ll have to check their cell shape to tell!
I love you red basal cells
I love you empty hyaline cells
I love you lush green chloroplasts
I love you rhomboid snakeskin pattern
I love you #Bryum pseudotriquetrum 🌿