moss

moss (môs), small primitive plant typified by tufted growth that is usually vertical; alternately considered a member of the class Bryopsida or division Bryophyta (see BRYOPHYTE). Although limited to moist habitats because they require water for FERTILIZATION and lack a vascular system for absorbing water, mosses are extremely hardy and grow nearly everywhere. The green moss plant visible to the naked eye, seldom over 6 in. (15.2 cm) in height, is the GAMETOPHYTE generation, which gives rise to the sporophyte generation. Mosses have some importance in soil formation and provide food for certain animals. SPHAGNUM, or peat moss, is commercially valuable as the main constituent of PEAT. CLUB MOSS and SPANISH MOSS are unrelated to true moss.

Carrageenan is a common ingredient in ice cream and toothpaste. Carrageenan is seaweed.  A purple, edible seaweed, also known as Irish moss, that's found along the coasts of Northern Europe and North America.  It's used as a suspending agent in foods, pharmaceuticals and liquids, as a clarifying agent for beverages, and in controlling crystal growth in frozen confections.

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 Toni Joy - guitar (later to form UOA - Universal Order of Armageddon)
track - _Gravity _ MP3 (160k) off of _Moss Icon/Silver Bearing_ split 12" on Vermin Scum
 "Singularity if you did not sing then I would not dream. You are the shade breeze blowing the movers upstream."

On Earth, moss spores take root and send out tiny sprouts known as protonemata. The sprouts grow in all directions to make a tangled mass of moss growth. However, the moss that grew aboard Space Shuttle Columbia grew in perfect, clockwise spirals that didn't look like any moss growth on Earth.
  

• Peat moss is so absorbant it can be used to dress wounds.
• Most animals don’t eat moss. It’s hard to digest, and it has little nutritional value.  But reindeer fill up with lots of moss, because the moss contains a special chemical that helps reindeer keep their body fluids warm.  When the reindeer make their yearly journey across the icy Arctic region, the chemical keeps them from freezing—much as antifreeze keeps a car from freezing up in winter.

• Oakmoss
• Spanish moss is a bromeliad
  • lo fi indie rock track _Spanish Moss_ MP3 by Smog off of _Came Blue/Spanish Moss_ 7" on Hausmusik (1997)
• painting _Icelandic Moss_ by Max Ernst

• 604 track _Electric Moss_ MP3 (256k) by Whirling Merkabas off of _The Language Of Light_ compilation on Ceiba
• 604 track _Petemoss_ by Sci Fly vs. Tweek off of _Not My Cup Of Tea_ compilation on DeMon Tea (2001)
• tribal ambient track _Moss Dance_ MP3 (192k) by Robert Rich off of _Numena_ on Linden (1993)
• ethno dub acid jazz track _Mossman (Skank)_ MP3 (320k) by Manasseh off of _Ekkocentric - The Ekko Remixes_ CDx2 on Interchill (2002)
  • downtempo 604 track _Mossman (Zion Train Remix)_ MP3 (320k) by Zion Train
  • track _Mossman (The New Deal Remix)_ MP3 (320k) by The New Deal
• techno track _Moss Eisley (Chris Liebing Remix)_ MP3 by DJ Banti off of _Moss Eisley_ 12" on D3 #010 (1999)
  • reference to Mos Eisley Space Port in _Star Wars_ (vhs/ntsc)(1977)
• downtempo track _Retread Lightly_ MP3 by Moss off of _East Coast Chip Shop_ CD on Pork (1999)
• track _Mossman (Original Elongation)_ MP3 by Ekko
• IDM breakbeat track _Red Moss_ MP3 (320k) by Boards Of Canada off of _Boc Maxima_ CD on Music70 #017 (1996)
• noise track _Tempura In Moss Garden (Frog Variation 011101)_ MP3 (192k)(22:25)(31.5megs) off of _A Taste Of_ CD on Mego (2002)
• lo fi post rock instrumental track _Mossbraeker_ MP3 (160k) by Broken Social Scene off of _Feel Good Lost_ on Noise Factory (2001)
• ambient track _Moist Moss_ MP3 by Locust off of _Weathered Well_ 12"x2 on Apollo (1994)

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