hello all, I've been looking for a way to ID theses mosses as accurately as possible. Most of the time you need a microscope to make a valid ID and I dont have one for personal needs. All of the mosses presented in the following photographs were found in woodland in northeast Croatia, Europe. So far, I've made a certain degree of identification on these mosses. If you can ID the species that's great, but I'd be enormously thankful if you can come up with a genus or at least a family (so that I know I'm on the right track)! Here are my mosses: 1)Found it on damp woodland floor. Could it be a species of Hypnum? Hypnum cupressiforme? 2) Found on a hornbeam tree (Carpinus betulus). A Cirriphyllum? 3) Very common on damp soil throughout the woods. Almost certain it is Polytrichum commune! 4) Occasional. On damp soil. Almost certain it is Marchantia polymorpha! 5) Common. Found on woodland floor. Looks like a Brachythecium? B.rutabulum perhaps? Any IDs or tips you can provide, thanks. ps sorry if my thread is in the wrong place, couldnt find a bryophyta section
This is a good place for it, yes. I'd agree with you on 3 and 4, but I don't remember my mosses well enough for the rest.
