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Associated observations

Photos / Sounds

What

Oval-leaved Pottia (Pterygoneurum ovatum)

Observer

zookanthos

Date

February 2, 2019

Description

(1) Shoot, dry
(2) Shoot, wet
(3) Leaf showing leafy lamella
(4) Leaf base
(5) Leaf tip
(6) Leaf cross section
(7) Stem cross section
(8) Seta cross section
(9) Calyptra (cucculate)
(10) Tip of calyptra
(11) Operculum, cells in straight rows
(12) Capsule
(13) Cells from the green goo inside the capsule. I'm guessing these are the protospores.
(14) Habit

Found some algae and fungi[1][2] among the shoots:

Fungi

Photos / Sounds

What

Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

zookanthos

Date

February 2, 2019

Description

(1) Hyphae at edge of orange thing, 400x
(2) Orange thing, dry 100x
(3) Orange thing, wet 40x
(4) Macro photo. The orange thing photographed was something like the brown disc at the right.

Growing on soil with a few wood chips and next to Pterygoneuren ovatum moss. Found some more strands of what looked like hyphae growing among the moss shoots, don't know if it is part of this organism or not: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20127690

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