swissian Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 I found some emersed fissidens growing today while out plant shopping. Any ideas what type of fissidens these could be? I am in South Eastern PA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manticore Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 hi there.. for identification, or at least giving it a try, you need directly stems for identifying it via microscope. on facebook i have a page called fissidens kingdom. i just managed getting acces to a historical collection of about 20 scientifically determined fissidens maybe more, i will post them the following weeks more images with these and more information. without direct microscopical study one have to say clearly that real scientific ID is imposiible. there are many species and several of these have some subspecies where ID goes up to cell form/dimension/positioning. i consider that is in about the highest skills in biology to be able to determine mosses. i am also pretty sure that with all the work i am doing, several species i will have to reconsider and catalogue them maybe in another direction/species. it is really extreme. i also have to say it clearly i do not see in the upper pictures anything that resembles to fissidens species i know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 I can well imagine cataloging mosses is extremely hard and may have to be re-placed as one learns more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 From now on, I am only filing my mosses under "moss" and no longer attempting to record scientific names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 I sometimes use the work "Like" if I'm unsure. Ie. Peacock-like moss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibikaie Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 It's very cute moss. I forgot to say that earlier. I am a little insane about nomenclature. My boss keeps calling the cotton top tamarins "the little marmosets" and you have no idea how much it bugs me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phreeflow Posted October 10, 2015 Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 What!? You just found some fissidens while shopping? That's awesome...LOL Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swissian Posted October 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 I have submerged some to see how the growth changes and if it will help to identify the type. PA does have several types of native fissidens. I've been keeping an eye out for a while! I still haven't found any in the creek back in the woods behind my house! Thanks for the feedback guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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