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Fam.: Musci / Mosses  

Genus:  Amblystegium  B.S.G.

The moss growing near a fluorescent light in an artificial cave is more loosely leafed than if the same moss were growing in daylight.


Authors:
   HEDW.:  Johannes Hedwig (1730 - 1799), German physician and botanist
   B.S.G.:  BRUCH, SCHIMP. and W. GÜMBEL
   BRUCH:  Philipp Bruch (1781 - 1847), German pharmacist and botanist
   SCHIMP.:  Wilhelm Philipp Schimper (1808 - 1880), botanist and geologist from Alsace (today France)
   W.GÜMBEL:  Wilhelm Theodor Gümbel (1812 - 1858), teacher and botanist in Palatinate (Germany)
 

Etymology:
   Amblystegium:   amblys = dulled, stege = lid
   serpens:   to curl
 

Amblystegium serpens / Creeping Feather Moss, D Dilsberg 5.9.2025
Fig. 1:  Amblystegium serpens / Creeping Feather Moss (under artificial light in the well tunnel)
D Dilsberg 5.9.2025
Amblystegium serpens / Creeping Feather Moss, D Dilsberg 5.9.2025
Fig. 2:  Amblystegium serpens / Creeping Feather Moss (under artificial light in the well tunnel)
D Dilsberg 5.9.2025
Amblystegium serpens / Creeping Feather Moss, D Dilsberg 5.9.2025
Fig. 3:  Amblystegium serpens / Creeping Feather Moss (under artificial light in the well tunnel)
D Dilsberg 5.9.2025
Amblystegium serpens / Creeping Feather Moss, D Dilsberg 5.9.2025
Fig. 4:  Amblystegium serpens / Creeping Feather Moss (under artificial light in the well tunnel)
D Dilsberg 5.9.2025

 


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