It's springtime, and the moss world is already busy making use of the now warm days and sunshine. Sporophytes are starting to push up from the already lush mats. They look like very soft long hairs, almost like shag carpet. On some moss, the sporophytes are already forming globes on the tip of the seta. The capsules are pregnant full of spores developing for the day they get released into the air. Released with the wind on the off chance that they may land in a place suitable for a young protonema to grow. Once organized, the protonema can then form a new gametophyte a new genetically special moss. Sex is a very beautiful and amazing thing. In the moss world, it is truly extrodinary that it happens at all. Each sporophyte is a small miracle.
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