I found this liverwort growing up against some landscaping bricks at my house. I’ve taken thousands of pictures of moss, but this is the only wild liverwort I’ve seen
I don’t know if saying something is cool moves beyond the appropriate dullness, but… it’s cool
I like taking pictures of moss and it’s relatives because it forces you to slow down and look at very small details, and there’s a whole world of complexity right under our feet, you just have to look for it
Dull fact incoming. It’s called liverwort because it was long thought to treat liver ailments. Basically, liverwort sometimes looks like a liver in outline so the thought at the time was in line with the Doctrine of Signatures which basically said things that look like human body parts can help ailments of the corresponding body type. Liverwort for liver problems, walnuts for brain problems (headache), etc.