 
   
Introduction to
Moss ID Links
ID1 (Intro to Plants)
ID2 (Bryophytes)
ID3 (Life Cycle)
ID4 (Divsions)
ID5 (Books & Gear)
ID6 (Leaves)
ID7 (Cells)
ID8 (Sporophytes)
ID9 (peculiar Sphagnum)
ID10 (peculiar Atrichum)
ID11 (peculiar Fissidens)
ID12. (Key Overview)
ID13 (Platygyrium start)
ID14 (Platygyrium finish)
ID15 (Funaria start)
ID16 (Funaria finish)
ID17 (Orthotrichum start)
ID18 (Orthotrichum finish)
ID19 (OH Atlas & FQAI)
ID20. (Plag. cusp.)
ID21 (Ambl. vari., Anom. Atte.)
ID22 (Plat. repe., Ento. sedu.)
ID23 (Cera. purp., Anom. rost.)
ID24 (Clim. amer., Thui. deli.)
ID25 (Atri angu.)
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INTRODUCTION TO MOSS IDENTIFICATION
8. Sporophyte features used in moss identification.
The pictures on the left hand panels show a general array of sporophytes from Conard, Henry S. and Paul L. Redfearn, Jr. 1979. How to know the mosses and liverworts, 2nd ed.
Wm. C. Brown Co. Dubuque, Iowa.
On the right are pictures of capsules are from a variety of antique moss books.
Capsule Shape, one example: strumose
seta length, one example: long
peristome feature, one example: split teeth
Next: Beginning the Key in "Mosses of the Great Lakes Forest"
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