Funaria hygrometrica

Burned Out Bonfire-moss

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This is Bonfire-moss (Funaria hygrometrica) which has now come to its end leaving this deep red colour.

Rear garden, Staffordshire, England. June 2017.

Alien Forest In A Plant Pot

03/17Posted in Macro Photography, Mosses & Liverworts, Nature Photography, Photography, Plants, Wildlife PhotographyTagged Bonfire-moss, Funaria hygrometrica, Macro, Macro Photography, Moss, Mosses & Liverworts, Nature, Nature Photography, Photography, Plants, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography21 Comments

Bonfire-moss (Funaria hygrometrica)

I have a small plant pot by my water butt which has some liverwort growing in it last time I looked. This time I looked it had something else growing in it, this rather untidy looking yet delightful moss. Note the long, swan-neck seta.

Bonfire-moss

08/1608/16Posted in Mosses & Liverworts, Nature Photography, PlantsTagged Bonfire-moss, Funaria hygrometrica, Macro, Macro Photography, Moss, Mosses & Liverworts, Nature, Nature Photography, Wildlife, Wildlife PhotographyLeave a comment

This can be quite an untidy-looking plant, especially when in abundance with long, 3-5cm swan-neck setae. The short 3-10mm green shoots form loose carpets. The egg-shaped leaves vary in size from 2-4mm long, and are translucent.

It is a colonist of bare, disturbed ground enriched with nutrients, and is particularly characteristic of old bonfire sites, hence its common name. Frequent and widespread throughout Britain.

Photograph taken of Bonfire-moss (Funaria hygrometrica) in February 2014, nature reserve, Staffordshire. © Pete Hillman 2014. Camera used Nikon Coolpix P500.