Help with moss ID...

[Xema]

I know there are much people expert in moss here, so I need your help identifying a moss.

Here is a picture.



What is your opinion???

[dageti]

Hola José Maria,

I am no expert but Vesicularia montagnei is the scientific name of the species commonly known as 'Christmas moss'.

Francesco

P.S. I loved your blog!

[timebomb]

What do you want to know, Xema? I'm puzzled. You already know the moss to be Vesicularia montagneiso why do you want us to help you identify it again?

Loh K L

[Xema]

What do you want to know, Xema? I'm puzzled. You already know the moss to be Vesicularia montagneiso why do you want us to help you identify it again?

I am not an expert on moss, and I am not sure about if my ID is right so I ask you about your opinion. Is it right named?? I think in Vesicularia dubyana as a other possibility. Any picture of the capsules from Vesicularia dubyana ??

[Xema]

Hola José Maria,

P.S. I loved your blog!

How do you know my full name?? ... only my mon name to me in that way ... Xema is a short way to say my name.

Thanks on you say about my crypto-blog!!!

[dageti]

How do you know my full name?? ... only my mon name to me in that way ... Xema is a short way to say my name.

I found your name in one of your earlier posts. Most people here like to address forum members by their real names, and I like to do a little research on forumers before replying

Thanks on you say about my crypto-blog!!!

I just looked at it quickly but I'm definitely going back to read more, it looks very interesting. Plus, it's good practice for my Spanish.

Back to your moss, Kwek Leong was understandably puzzled. We were assuming that you knew the scientific name of the moss in question, while usually it's the other way round: someone shows a sample picture of a moss on the forum and wants to know what species it is. If you're only guessing, it's a different story. As I said, I'm no moss expert but from the look of it, I don't believe this is V. montagnei. However, although the pictures are very clear, the only way to know for sure is to have a live sample of the moss observed through a microscope by a bryologist.

Francesco

[timebomb]

I am not an expert on moss

Neither are we, Xema

The moss in your picture could be V. montagnei or V. dubyana.
From pictures alone, it would be impossible to tell one from the other. The V. dubyana is supposed to be highly variable, in that, it appears in many forms, one of which looks exactly like V. montagnei.

As far as I know, the sporophytes (what you call capsules) of both mosses look exactly the same so it's of little use to compare the pictures.

If you like to know more, take a look at this article written by the professor. It has pictures of the cells.

By the way, your name reminds me of a certain warrior princess. Is Xema a woman's name?

Loh K L

[Xema]

The moss in your picture could be V. montagnei or V. dubyana.
From pictures alone, it would be impossible to tell one from the other. The V. dubyana is supposed to be highly variable, in that, it appears in many forms, one of which looks exactly like V. montagnei.

As far as I know, the sporophytes (what you call capsules) of both mosses look exactly the same so it's of little use to compare the pictures.

If you like to know more, take a look at this article written by the professor. It has pictures of the cells.

Nice, it´s the kind of info I was looking for... thanks a lot!!

By the way, your name reminds me of a certain warrior princess. Is Xema a woman's name?

Well, warrior princess is Xena, it´s not Xema.
Xema is a contraction of a typical spanish for man name. 'Xe' sounds as 'Che', what is a short way to say Jose (the father of Jesus Crist). 'Ma' is the short way to say María (Jesus Crist´s mom). Jose is a male name, and María is a female name, in spain uses to use compost names. A male first name means you are a guy, with a female first name, you are a female. The female version of my name is María Jose, Maxé.
The mysterious of my name is solved jejejeje.