I’m kind of amazed that nobody’s posted about this before. Bryophytes are an underappreciated member of the plant world, so anything that brings more attention to them is probably a Good Thing. And it looks as though the students at L&C have really thought out some clever ways to get people looking at and learning about mosses.
(And now, I kind of want one of the cupcakes that the story talked about.)
I love this and I too would love one of those cupcakes!
Many years ago I was an undergraduate at the Univ of Minnesota. A botany Prof taught a nice, easy-going class on plant ID’s, and it was for non-science majors. I was able to take it and then I was hired as the teaching assistant the next year.
As part of the class, we learned to ID about 10 species of mosses. I still remember most of them. It was fascinating to “lean in” and take a closer look at the structures and see the differences.
When my wife and I moved in to our current house and began our long-going work to add a ton of native plants to the yards, we also purchased a few volcanic rocks on which I grow a few moss species. After 20 years, they are still alive…
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