Erin Cox

Masters Student studying bryology at the University of Alberta. 🌿🔬

Research Scientist @PolarKnowledgeCanada in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

[George R. L. Greiff @ilichenmoss]

Something we don't know very much about is the role bacteria play in bryophyte biology. Here are some rod-shaped bacteria on the surface of a moss leaf stained in lactophenol cotton blue.

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

Each province and territory in Canada, represented by a Muppet who lives there. Generated by AI.

1. British Columbia

[Erin Cox @bryophyto]

@robotonia Congrats!!

[Luis Vigosa @luis_vigosa]

Polytrichum juniperinum (Polytrichaceae)
#botany #bryophytes #taxonomy #plants

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

New #preprint alert! What are the core symbionts of lichens? TLDR: we analyzed >400 lichen metagenomes from around the world and found that 4 bacterial groups are as frequent in lichens as the alga, one of the two main partners in the symbiosis. 🧵1/11 https://t.co/pxsuvOXqfq

[Erin Cox @bryophyto]

Racomitrium lanuginosum
Grimmiaceae
Bryophyta

Not very common on Victoria Island since it orefers acidic rock... but still occurs!
Featuring many lichens.

[Mark Carine @mark_carine]

A bit of a surprise in the #SloaneHerbarium @NHM_Botany today as I continue with work to inventory the collection. I have never seen a folio like this before. A work of art... but difficult to count the number of specimens. And who is it?

[David Brückner @d_brueckner]

There's been lots of talk on moving #ScienceTwitter to another platform

As scientists, we should make informed decisions & not accept status quo - so what are the options? I checked out open-source non-profit @joinmastodon

How it works, why it's great & how to get started!🧵

[Erin Cox @bryophyto]

Is Fossombronia the only genus of liverwort that can exhibit red/purple pigmentation in its rhizoids? (N. Am)

#sciencetwitter

[Erin Cox @bryophyto]

Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides
Mniaceae
Bryophyta

Top 5 mosses of the arctic. Bluey-green, never red, and found growing in protected hollows or small overhangs.

[Erin Cox @bryophyto]

Cinclidium latifolium
Mniaceae
Bryophyta
Sooo distinct because of its leaves that curl backwards away from the stem. Found in saturated lakeside communities.
Cambridge Bay, Iqaluktuuttiaq, ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ
Nunavut, Canada

[BBSBryology @BBSbryology]

Advance guard for the BBS AGM at Middlesbrough this year visited Botton Head in N Yorkshire to see Mielichhoferia elongata. This rare moss was locally abundant on the more stable areas of steep shale scree. Many tufts, several cm thick, had become loose and rolled down the slope.

[Erin Cox @bryophyto]

@paul_sokoloff Love this!

[eduardo urios 🌊 @eurios]

Macoto Murayama, Narcissus tazetta L. var. chinensis M.Roem, 2014 http://t.co/FFLcvwWWZS

[Jerald Pinson, PhD @jerald_pinson]

#PlantADay Curl Up and Dry. It's not easy being green, especially when you lack and epidermis and desiccate quickly. When moisture is scarce, Riccia squamata rolls into a tube, exposing richly hued purple or brown scales in a bid to prevent water loss. #liverwort #moss

[Erin Cox @bryophyto]

@danimanitoba1 Definitely my photography skills that make this amazing 🙄

[Jerald Pinson, PhD @jerald_pinson]

#PlantADay 19. You've heard of algae growing on slow-moving sloths. Now get ready for #moss that grows on lizards, millipedes, and beetles. Fissidens brachypus grows on a single species of freswhater coral in the Amazon River. https://t.co/bc9qRgkreu #bryophytes #mosses

[Erin Cox @bryophyto]

@lady_mcbeth_ Such torture!

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Stop! Let's talk about how peatlands keep the planet breathing.

When our Headway team wrote about the amazing carbon-storage capabilities of this ecosystem, folks had a lot of questions—more than 1,000 actually. https://t.co/R5mLUKC4lF