Field guide No. 1462

A slab of moss peels off a stump into an arch, its pale roots dangling from the underside into nothing. It has grown in the wrong direction on purpose.

Moss arch with upward roots

Rooted in the air, mostly.

A slab of moss peels off a stump into an arch, its pale roots dangling from the underside into nothing. It has grown in the wrong direction on purpose.

Field noteMoss carpets lift off logs all the time. This one kept going and took its roots along.

Specimen
No. 1462
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
A foggy pine wood floor, beside an old stump.
Nearest existing relative
A peeled turf roll.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking physics