Splachnum, also known as dung moss or petticoat moss, is a genus of moss that is well known for its entomophily. It commonly grows on patches of dung or decomposing animal matter.
Splachnum rubrum (also known as red dung moss, brilliant red dung moss or red parasol moss), is a species of moss in the Splachnum genus which is found...
Splachnum sphaericum, also known as pinkstink dung moss, is a species of moss. This species occurs in North America. It also occurs in upland Britain...
plant-pollinator relationship found in many seed plants. The stinkmoss species Splachnum sphaericum develops insect pollination further by attracting flies to...
on animal faeces or carrion. For this reason, certain genera such as Splachnum Hedw. are often referred to as dung mosses. Mosses in this family are...
spores. Most mosses rely on the wind to disperse these spores, although Splachnum sphaericum is entomophilous, recruiting insects to disperse its spores...
Bird Club, she collected Desmatodon fisherae in Virginia in 1965 and Splachnum ampullaceum in West Virginia in 1968, extending the known southern range...
Press. p175 Conolly, AP, Dickson, JH. (1969) A note on a late Weichselian splachnum capsule from Scotland. New Phytologist 68 (1) 197- Conolly, A.P., Godwin...
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