[Killietalk] Stringy Mosses

["The Harrison's" <csharrison at inkmaker_net>]

http://www.hot.jpg.pl/1253  through 1248

A comparison between Singapore Moss (Vesicularia 
dubyana), Java Moss (Taxiphyllum barbieri), and 
the Stringy Moss (Leptodictyum riparium):

found at http://www.aquamoss.net/Stringy-Moss/Stringy-Moss.htm


Bryophytes which never produce flowers or seeds. 
The mosses share a unique life cycle in having a 
first generation of dominant gametophyte. The 
gametophyte forms the green leafy structure we 
ordinarily associate with moss. Mosses are 
essentially land plants, and they depend on a 
film of water for the male cell (spermatozoid) to 
be transported to the female cell, both which are 
produced on the gametophyte. When conditions are 
right, the next generation, the sporophyte or 
spore-bearing structure is grown. The sporophyte 
is typically a capsule growing on the end of a 
stalk called the seta. The sporophyte  .  .  .

etc.
Check out the sites and Google Stringy moss

It is the Sporophyte which is used to 
differentiate the various species. If your moss 
produces well above the water, it might produce 
these Sporophyte structures (flowers) and it is 
possible to identify your moss. Otherwise it is 
almost impossible to distinguish among them.

Take a look at   http://www.aquamoss.net   it 
will change your mind about "Java Moss"
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