Specimen #6: White Moss

Leucobryum albidium

Figure 1. A clump of leucobryum albidium when dry each tick mark is equivalent to 1 ...

Figure 2. A single leucobryum albidium plant when wet notice leaf size each tick mark is equivalent to 1 mm

Phylum: Bryophyta
Family: Leucobryaceae
Species: Leucobryum albidium
Common name: White Moss/pincushion moss
Collection date: 9/10/2015
Collector: Caroline Kaylor Georskey
Habitat: This specimen was found on the edge of the Triangle Lake Bog in lose clumps.
Description: This moss was found in lose clumps along the edge of a kettle hole bog on the ground. The stems are about 0.5 cm tall (Fig. 1). When first collected, the moss was a lighter green, but after drying out the specimen became a lighter white-green color.
Key used: McKnight K. B. et al. (2013). Princeton field guides: Common mosses of the northeast and appalachians. Princeton, NJ; Princeton University Press.

p. 342 Acrocarps with Lance-Shaped Leaves
1. Plants gray or whitish green (dry) to light green (wet); shoots very densely packed together forming domed mounds; leaves tubular in upper half and seemingly without midrib...
2. Stems less than 1 cm tall; leaves 2-4 mm long; often with capsules...

Leucobryum albidium

For more information on Leucobryum albidium please review the following links:
http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/164650-Leucobryum-albidum
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Leucobryum+albidum
https://www.ohio.edu/plantbio/vislab/moss/Jarrod'spage.html