Peat moss
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Sep 22, 2026
Dave Asta PughGUEST
You're trying to just smash across.
Dave Asta PughGUEST
And then there's more like, you know, like Pete, like Pete Moss, like you get for potting.
Dave Asta PughGUEST
So it's that, but with water.
Dave Asta PughGUEST
So that's the stuff you throw.
Steve StocktonHOST
It turned out to be an important piece of evidence, one they could link to Charles McCuller.
Steve StocktonHOST
A new search party was formed and from the information given by the hikers, they trekked into Sphagnum Bog, an area that was a full 12 miles off trail of where Charles was supposed to have been.
Steve StocktonHOST
The key that was found was later matched to the one Charles owned.
Steve StocktonHOST
Further searches would turn up a mysterious scene indeed.
Mary Ann FurediGUEST
All right.
Mary Ann FurediGUEST
So I talked about this, this Sphagnum moss carpet.
Mary Ann FurediGUEST
So let's start by, let's start by introducing Sphagnum mosses.
Mary Ann FurediGUEST
Um, they play such a critical role in creating and maintaining the perfect conditions for bogs to form and persist.
Mary Ann FurediGUEST
And, um, there's my coworker, um, Scott Schuette, he's a bryologist, so he spends his life studying mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
Mary Ann FurediGUEST
And, um, through the work that we've been doing, he's documented about 40 Sphagnum species found in, um, the peatlands we've been studying.
Mary Ann FurediGUEST
I mentioned about that extensive carpet that Sphagnum forms.
Mary Ann FurediGUEST
It kind of looks like this lush shag rug that blankets the bog.