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Sphagnum

noun
1.
Any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat.  Synonyms: bog moss, peat moss, sphagnum moss.



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... changes to a lilac when cut, but the flesh itself. They are found in damp woods during August and September. The plants in Figure 144 were found near Boston, by Mrs. Blackford. These plants grew in Purgatory Swamp. The Sphagnum moss will be seen at the base of ...
— The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise - Its Habitat and its Time of Growth • M. E. Hard


Words linked to "Sphagnum" :   genus Sphagnum, moss, bog moss, sphagnum moss


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