Hello science addicts! While I was walking in a forest, I observed nature and asked myself how can I tell the difference between moss and lichen?... You probably don't know either and many of us make the mistake of confusing some species of lichens with mosses! The truth is that both are classified in Biology as Biocrusts, but their stories are totally different and so is their taxonomic classification! In this post we will see these organisms very closely and we will learn to differentiate them. By the way, did you know that mosses are one of the most primitive plants on the planet?🔬📚🧠
Hola adictos a la ciencia! mientras caminaba en un bosque observe la naturaleza y me pregunte a mi mismo como puedo diferenciar el musgo de un liquen?... Probablemente tu tampoco lo sabes y muchos caemos en el error de confundir algunas especies de liquenes con musgos! lo cierto es que ambos son clasificados en la Biologia como Biocortezas, pero sus historias son totalmente diferentes y su clasificacion taxonomica tambien! en este post veremos muy cerca estos organismos y aprenderemos a diferenciarlos. Por cierto sabias que los musgos son una de las plantas mas primitivas del planeta?? 🌏🧫🕵️♂️🌲🍀🌿
Mosses🙇♂️👨🏫/Los musgos🧠💚
Let's start by exploring a little about mosses, which are already classified as plants that can be found anywhere on the planet and grow in humid environments, some or more species can be "found in water" that is, adapted to grow submerged, in Biology they are He says that mosses are the first to spread and grow in the substrate, which helps in the long term to create a layer that allows other larger plants to grow, so until now we can think that they fulfill an interesting role in the ecosystem as supports on rocks.📚🤯🕵️♂️🧫
Comencemos con explorar un poco sobre los musgos, que ya son clasificado como plantas que podemos encontrarlos en cualquier parte del planeta y crecen en ambientes humedos, algunos o mas especies pueden ser "encontradas en agua" osea adaptados para crecer sumergidas, en la Biologia se dice que los musgos son los primeros en esparcirse y crecer en el sustrato lo que ayuda a largo plazo crear una capa que permite crecer otras plantas de mayor tamaño, entonces hasta ahora podemos pensar que cumplen un papel interesante en el ecosistema como soportes en rocas.🔬🌏👨🏫
Structure of mosses🙇♂️👨🏫/Estructura de los musgos🧠💚
We start with the front part of the mosses and here we find two very important structures, the rhizoids and the cauloid, the rhizoids have the job of adhering the moss to the substrate using these thread-shaped extensions, in this case this species is attached to a eucalyptus trunk, then we have the cauloid that would be "a false stem", since it supports the moss but inside it does not have "differentiated tissues", it only consists of parenchyma, epidermis and a central zone".🤔🔬🤯
Comenzamos con la parte anterior de los musgos y aqui nos encontramos con dos estructuras muy importantes los rizoides y el cauloide, los rizoides tienen el trabajo de adherir el musgo al sustrato empleando esas extensiones en forma de hilos, en este caso esta especie esta adherida a un tronco de eucalipto, luego tenemos el cauloide que seria "un falso tallo", ya que da soporte al musgo pero dentro no tiene "tejidos diferenciados", solo consta de parenquima, epidermis y una zona central".👨🏫🧫🌲
Inside the false stem or cauloid there is an important tissue through which nutrients move, it is called (hadroma), but water is also transported in this tissue, inside the hadroma there are two types of "dead" tissues called: "hydroids". "(carries water, salts and minerals), and a tissue called leptoma that transports "organic" substances, its cells are called "leptoids", the epidermis is like any structure that provides support, protection.🤯🤔🌏
dentro del falso tallo o cauloide se encuentra un tejido importante por donde se desplazan los nutrientes, a el se denomina (hadroma), pero en este tejido tambien se transporta agua, dentro del hadroma hay dos tipos de tejidos "muertos" llamados: "hidroides" (transporta agua, sales y minerales), y un tejido llamado leptoma que transportan sustancias "organicas" las celulas de el se llaman "leptoides", la epidermis es como cualquier estructura que confiere soporte, proteccion.🕵️♂️📖📚🧠
We go to the upper part of the moss and we come across the "foot" and the capsule, here we highlight the capsule as the most important structure and it is here that the spores that will give rise to new mosses are stored! the mosses are grouped in the "Biophytes" group where we find the ferns and the "liquienes". According to paleontologists, biophytes could originate more than 480 million years ago.🌿🍀🔬
Pasamos a la parte superior del musgo y nos topamos con el "pie" y la capsula, aqui destacamos la capsula como la estructura mas importante y es que aqui se almacenan las esporas que daran origen a nuevos musgos! los musgos se agrupan en los "Biofitas" grupo donde encontramos los helechos y los "liquienes". Segun los paleontologos las biofitas se pudieron originar hace mas de 480 millones de años.🌏📚📖
We move on to the "leaves" of mosses that look very similar to a normal leaf, that is, very similar to "cormophids" "plants with differentiated structures", only these leaves have no differentiated tissue or internal structure!🤯🤔🌲
Pasamos a las "hojas" de los musgos que tienen un aspecto muy parecido a una hoja normal, osea muy parecidas a las "cormofidos" "plantas con estructuras diferenciadas", solo que estas hojas no tienen ni tejido diferenciado ni estructura interna!📚🍀🌿
"occupy 12% of the planet's land surface" / "ocupan el 12% de la superficie terrestre del planeta"💚
They retain a lot of water and release it slowly to help filter / Retienen mucha agua y la liberal lentamente para contribuir con el filtrado🌏
Reduce erosion and contribute to moisture in the atmosphere / Disminuyen la erosión y contribuyen con la humedad en la atmósfera😮🧠
produce nitrogen that absorbs carbon dioxide / producen nitrogeno que absorbe bioxido de carbono🤯📖
serve as support for other plants and habitat for many animals/ sirven como soporte para otras plantas y habitat de muchos animales🐌🐛🦗
lichens🙇♂️👨🏫/Liquenes🧠💚
Lichens are "two species of organisms" that perform a type of symbiosis, usually occurs between: "fungi, algae or cyanobacteria" algae and cyanobacteria produce their own food and share it with fungi! mushrooms at the same time are protection, support and moisture! They are very resistant and we can find them in many types of environments.😮
Los liquenes son "dos especies de organismos" que realizan un tipo de simbiosis, suele ocurrir entre: "hongos, algas o cianobacterias" las algas y las cianobacterias producen su propio alimento y lo comparten con los hongos! los hongos al mismo tiempo son proteccion, soporte y humedad! son grandes resistentes y podemos encontrarlos en muchos tipos de ambientes.📖🧠🌏
The most impressive thing about lichens is that they can deactivate their physiology when environmental conditions are not favorable, this allows them to survive extreme environments! the "hyphae of the fungus" contribute to 90% of the lichen, the rest cells of the algae" or gonidia" and it would be the phycobiont!🤔🤔🧪
Lo mas impresionante de los liquenes es que pueden desactivar su fisiologia cuando las condiciones ambientales no son favorables esto les permite sobrevivir a ambientes extremos! las "hifas del hongo" contribuyen al 90% del liquen, el resto celulas del alga" o gonidios" y seria el ficobionte! 🛑🤯🌏
moss vs lichen🙇♂️👨🏫/Musgo vs liquen🧠💚
Mosses belong to the plantae kingdom, while lichens depend on the "fungus-alga-cyanobacteria" component. / Los musgos pertenecen al reino plantae, mientras que los liquenes dependen del componente "hongo-alga-cianobacteria"
Mosses are from humid environments, and lichens survive in different environments. / Los musgos son de ambientes humenos, y los liquenes sobreviven a diferentes ambientes
Lichens appear pale in color, while mosses are green. / Los liquenes tienen un aspecto de color palido, mientras los musgos son verdes
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