Specimen #6 Brachythecium velutinum,  Brachythecium Moss

Name: Brachythecium velutinum
Common Name: Brachythecium Moss
Family: Brachytheciaceae
Collection Date: September 15, 2016
Habitat: Found on tree base/tree roots
Location: Nelson Ledges
Description: Appears to look like Velcro, very rough and hard leaves
Key Used: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Mosses_USID
Key Steps: 4 Narrow, 6 Mat, 7 Tree Bases and Tree Roots, 8 Light. Found the picture that best suits the sample I have.

Specimen #5 Palustriella commutate, Curled Hookmoss

Name: Palustriella commutate
Common Name: Curled Hookmoss
Family: Amblystegiaceae
Collection Date: September 22, 2016
Habitat: Found on rock near water
Location: South Chagrin Nature Reserve
Description: Moss was in a giant patch. It was very strongly stuck to it substrate. Looks and feels very soft.
Key Used: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Mosses_USID
Key Steps: 6 Carpet, 7 Rock, 8 Light, found closest matching picture to sample found

Specimen #4    Parmotrema stuppeum,  Powder-edged Ruffle Lichen

Figure 1: Remains of initial sample after PCR

Figure 2: What the initial sample looked similar to

Name: Parmotrema stuppeum
Common Name: Powder-edged Ruffle Lichen
Family: Permeliaceae
Collection Date: September 15, 2016
Habitat: Found growing on the bark of a living tree
Location: Nelson Ledges
Description: Has a white green color, looked very "frilly" or very ruffled
Key Used:  Common Lichens of Ohio Field Guide
Key Steps: Intro Key p 3, Foliose Lichens p 24-56, looked at what was closest to the initial sample to identify lichen(don't have the initial sample picture)(PCR was also used with no findings yet)

Specimen #3   Lepraria neglecta, Zoned Dust Lichen

Figure 1: Remaining sample from after PCR














Figure 2: Similar to what the sample looked life before some was taken for PCR

 

Name: Lepraria neglecta
Common Name: Zoned Dust Lichen
Family: Stereocaulaceae
Collection Date: September 22, 2016
Habitat: Found on Cliffside rock near a river/creek
Location: South Chagrin Nature Reservation
Description: Blue-green to almost a white color. Looks to be a crustose lichen because of it very bumpy and distinct characteristics.
Key Used: Common Lichens of Ohio Field Guide
Key Steps: Intro key p 3, crustose lichen p 13-21, found the one that looks most like the one that I originally saw on the rock(do not have a picture from the initial findings).

Specimen #2   Tetraphis pellucida, Four-tooth Moss

 Figure 1: Close up of the moss' leaves showing their ovate shape.

 Figure 2: Another picture of the moss' leaves.

 

 

Name: Tetraphis pellucida
Common Name: Four-tooth Moss
Family: Tetraphidaceae
Collection Date: September 15, 2016
Habitat: Found on dead rotting stump
Location: Found in my woods next to my house
Description: Very small, moist and damp
Key Used: Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians
Key Steps: Intro key p 17, ovate and no midrib, plant <1cm tall 1A.2, plant green 2B.3, leaves 1-2mm long p 129

Specimen #1   Ctendium molluscum, Feather Comb Moss

 Figure 1: Close up  of lance leaves

 Figure 2: Close up of lance leaves

 

 Name: Ctendium molluscum
Common Name: Feather Comb Moss
Family: Hypnaceae
Collection Date: September 15, 2016
Habitat: Found on rotten logs and stumps
Location: Nelson Ledges
Description: Terrestrial, not submerged in water. Leaves are very small, bottom of leaves ovate and the lance towards the tips
Key Used: Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians
Key Steps: Intro key p 17, Key VII p 362 lance and no midrib, terrestrial plant 4b.5, tree bases 5b.8, ovate base and lance tip p189