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On damp rock at Anderson Springs, Lake County, California, March 25th 2002. Scanned slide 038-007. This is very similar to scanned slide 038-004, posted on Dec. 10th 2011, but has a slightly different colour balance.
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In cloud forest in upland Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 1994. Scanned Ektachrome slide 007-073.
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Pendulous (hanging down) capsules are considered distinctive feature of this moss, helping to differentiate L. acanthoneura and C. dendroides. But personally, I think, that antheridia cups, pretty sparse leaves and yellow-green stems are distinctive too, because C. dendroides does not feature cups, has dense leaves with no visible gaps (making its branches looking like cereal ears), its stems are reddish.
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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California, United States
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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Bryum argenteum growing on retaining wall built of concrete blocks. As you can see, this nice silver-green moss turns completely white when dry (wall looks West and receives enough sun to be completely dry). This photo was taken as stack of 11 frames using tripod and my DIY translation stage. Lens - 20mm Panasonic prime, attached to camera via Kenko extension ring.I'm pretty happy with result - it's my first stack taken outdoors with this setup, and I'm still concerned about lousy cheap Vanguard ballhead (which is as part of kit with my carbon fiber tripod). But tightening the locking knob with pliers helps to get enough friction.All the processing performed in ImageJ 2, using Linear SIFT-based registration and Extended Depth of Field plugin. Some ripple, visible around brightest points, is pretty subtle, so I'm happy with choice of settings (exposure time, mainly). It's easy to avoid situations like that using diffuser to remove direct light and lower the contrast, fitting it into dynamic range of camera.
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The red moss in this image is Bryum miniatum. On damp exposed granite in the Sierra Nevada, in Kings Canyon, Tulare County, California. June 4th 2010, image I10-2947.
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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California, United States
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Immature shoot of Leucolepis acanthoneura with antheridia cup. This moss is definitely special. Mature shoots (on the left) look like Climacium sp. moss, while immature ones making me thinking of Plagomnium sp.
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Immature shoot of Leucolepis acanthoneura with antheridia cup. This moss is definitely special. Mature shoots look like Climacium sp. moss, while immature ones making me thinking of Plagomnium sp.
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