DrWurm
Californian in DC
don't do it. That Nep is beautiful! Maybe instead look for attractive means of supporting them. Or just "let em hang out" lol. That does indeed look like early sphagnum sprouting. It should fill in nicely! Thanks for sharing!
Are you positive on that sphagnum ID? It doesn't look too sphaggy to me :/ Though, I have been known to be wrong once every leap year or so.