Orange Crescent Moss

This orange moss is commonly found growing in large clumps On rotten logs, and In bogs.
It is small, growing up to 2 inches (5 cm) tall. It forms in extensive patches and they are slow to spread and grow, and is extremely flimsy.
When mature, emerald crescent-shaped capsules grow at the end of short, lime green sporophytes, eventually opening up during the early winter to release hundred of spores.