Black Moss

Black moss may refer to:

  • Wila (Bryoria fremontii), a lichen eaten by First Peoples in North America;
  • Fat choy (Nostoc flagelliforme), a terrestrial cyanobacteria eaten in Chinese cuisine;
  • Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), a flowering plant, particularly after it has been dried for use as stuffing and decoration;
  • Numerous species of dark-coloured moss (Bryophyta), possibly species of the genera Grimmia, Andreaea, Syntrichia, or Cinclidotus;
  • Black Moss Press, a Canadian literary press founded in 1969.
  • A geographical area of moorland between Diggle and Meltham in West Yorkshire

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or moss:

    The flies swarmed on the putrid vulva, then
    A black tumbling rout would seethe
    Of maggots, thick like a torrent in a glen....
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    The true doctrine of omnipresence is, that God reappears with all his parts in every moss and cobweb.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)