Comments on: Poo moss http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/02/09/poo-moss/ Our place, our voices Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Leon Perrie http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/02/09/poo-moss/#comment-30265 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:34:05 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=12909#comment-30265 Thanks Jon. That’s a great find by Colin. I’ll let the bryologists here at Te Papa know as I’m sure they’ll be interested.

]]> By: Jon Sullivan http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/02/09/poo-moss/#comment-30263 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:01:35 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=12909#comment-30263 You might be interested to learn that Colin Meurk just found a fourth Tayloria species for New Zealand, Tayloria tasmanica, in Stewart Island. Alan Fyfe made the identification. Colin’s observation with photo is here on NatureWatch NZ and we have a blog post on the discovery (which links to your nice blog post).

Are you aware of anyone else seeing Tayloria tasmanica in New Zealand? Alan Fyfe wasn’t and there are no NZ records on NZ’s Virtual Herbarium.

]]> By: Levi http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/02/09/poo-moss/#comment-18308 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:56:18 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=12909#comment-18308 Love the title “poo moss” ha ha ha classic, got my attention when I saw it in the inbox lol. I remember seeing a bbc doco on fungi sporing from cow dung. apparently (dont quote me I’m not 100%) its the fastest known organism on the planet! The type they where studying shot the spore out like cannons and travelled well over the speed of sound! Now I find out that moss can actually mimic odors?? lol crazy, crazy stuff! who would of thought “poo moss” and poo fungi could be so fascinating :-) Thanx for the post!

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