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Leucobryum sp.
Moss covering trees and boulders in rainforest environment. Mosses come under the general classification of 'bryophytes' (which also includes hornworts and liverworts). From a distance, bryophytes appear only as a carpet of soft green moss. Close up, they look like tiny individual plants. Generally, they all have small green leaves, above which they project a sporophyte (see photos 3&4), which consists of a stalk with a container at the end that releases spores.
This moss is protected within the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area, this particular location being Springbrook National Park, a habitat of cool temperate rainforest. It is at high altitude (1550m), dense forest canopy and very moist with high rainfall.
Is moss a plant or fungi? I think it's a plant. Found on the walking track near the Antarctic Beech in Springbrook National Park. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/266...
Spotted on Jun 9, 2013
Submitted on Jun 10, 2013
2 Comments
Awesome spot! Thanks, Mark.
Yeah it's a plant. Nice spot.