Language: Swedish
Leaf mosses grow on different substrates and in different environments. Some grow on bark and stone, others on dead animals or droppings.
Parasol mosses grow on the droppings of herbivores, and the colorful capsule neck smells like the droppings. Scent and color attract flies and the small, sticky spores of the moss capsule stick to the flies and spread as the flies fly on. Some genera have magnificent capsules, for example apple mosses and parasol mosses. Thanks to modern photography technology, you can experience amazing details and structures through unique close-ups. It is often possible to determine a species with an ordinary hand magnifier, but for the very smallest species a microscope is needed. Leaf mosses grow on different substrates and in different environments. Some grow on bark and stone, others on dead animals or droppings. Parasol mosses grow on the droppings of herbivores, and the colorful capsule neck smells like the droppings. Scent and color attract flies and the small, sticky spores of the moss capsule stick to the flies and spread as the flies fly on. Some genera have magnificent capsules, for example apple mosses and parasol mosses. Thanks to modern photography technology, you can experience amazing details and structures through unique close-ups. It is often possible to determine a species with an ordinary hand magnifier, but for the very smallest species a microscope is needed.
Product information
Authors: Tomas Hallingbäck, Niklas Lönnell & Henrik Weibull
Photographers: Tomas Hallingbäck, Pollyanna von Knorring, Magda Korotynska & Christopher Reisborg
ISBN: 9789188506658
Language: Swedish
Weight: 2360 grams
Series: Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna
Released: 2008
Publisher: ArtDatabanken SLU
Pages: 450