Didymodon Moss

Skillingbro kalkgrav, Rold Skov, Danmark

On the trunk of a tree in Middletown Trailside County Park, Lake County, California, March 29th 2012. image I12-0046

This small moss was photographed in situ on a drying mud bank along a track running south from Highway 20 near the place where the highway crosses the north fork of Cache Creek, Lake County, California, on March 30th 2012. Thanks to David Toren for the identification. Note that a plant of Syntrichia sp?. can be seen at the right hand edge above the middle. Bryum argenteum, Aloina and two other acrocarps were within inches, and Tortula atrovirens was close by. Image I12-0211.

Skillingbro kalkgrav, Rold Skov, Danmark

Skillingbro kalkgrav, Rold Skov, Danmark

Skillingbro kalkgrav, Rold Skov, Danmark

Compilation of multiple photos taken at different points in time; taken both in field and in lab. Specimen verified by David Wagner.

Skillingbro kalkgrav, Rold Skov, Danmark

Skillingbro kalkgrav, Rold Skov, Danmark

Thanks to David Toren for the identification. Note that a plant of Syntrichia sp?. can be seen at the right hand edge above the middle. Bryum argenteum, Aloina sp. and two other acrocarps were within inches, and Tortula atrovirens was close by.