Star moss - Tortula ruralis

I face great difficulties to identify mosses. I think this one is Star moss - Tortula ruralis. But I am not sure at all. The photo is taken in a rainy day in the nearby National Reserve Park Vitosha mountain. Need help to correctly identify it.

comments (5)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Jivko, this site is in dutch, but its one of the best pages I know about for identifying mosses:
http://www.yavannah.nl/index.php Posted 8 years ago
1. Jivko Nakev
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you Ferdy, it helped a lot. It is really T. ruralis, but shown under the synonym name Syntrichia ruralis. In fact in ITIS 2000 only Syntrichia ruralis is included, but the Wiki page is created for Tortula ruralis. Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Cool, glad it helped! Posted 8 years ago

Ari Parviainen

Bull Frog

Great shot Jivko, very well composed. Mosses can be really tricky to identify :). Posted 8 years ago
1. Jivko Nakev
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you, Ari! Yes, they all looks the same for me... -:) Posted 8 years ago

The Twisted moss

''Tortula ruralis'', commonly known as twisted moss and star moss, is a species of moss with a cosmopolitan distribution. It occurs in North America, the Pacific, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, North and South Africa, South America, and Australia. It grows in many types of climate, including the Arctic, boreal areas, temperate areas, and deserts. It grows in tundra, coniferous forest, grassland, sagebrush, and other habitat types.

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Similar species: Pottiales

Species identified by Jivko Nakev