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From: JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Mosses
Message-ID: <90208.113354JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET>
Date: 27 Jul 90 16:33:54 GMT
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I think you're kinda out of luck there.  The problem is that
mosses at least are classified by what are pretty obscure
features to the naked eye, like spores and spore cases...
It's not something an amateur would probably want to waste
time on.  If these are REAL common mosses, I believe there
is a Golden guide (don't snicker, Goldens are often very useful)
that may be able to help you get them identified to genus, if
not species.
 
Josh Hayes, Zoology Department, Miami University, Oxford OH 45056
voice: 513-529-1679      fax: 513-529-6900
jahayes@miamiu.bitnet, or jahayes@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu
 
In the late Devouring Period, fish became obnoxious.  Clamosaurs
and Oysterettes appeared as appetizers.