Clear Green Moss
S5, Head, <5mm
Clear Green Moss
S3, Colour Variation
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| Clear Green Moss S5, Head, <5mm | | Clear Green Moss S3, Colour Variation | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Mosses & Liverworts (Bryophyta) - Mosses (Bryopsida) | ||||||||||||||
| Order: | Mosses (Bryales) | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Moss (Bryaceae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
| Species: | Clear Green Moss (Rosulabryum torquescens)| This Photo: | S2, Patch | Synonym: | Ptychostomum torquescens | Thank you János Vörösbaranyi (VbJanos) for identifying this species for us EXTRA - Photo Specific Information: János said this image wasn't clear enough to be sure it's even in the Rosulabryum genus, but for now it gives a general idea of what this species looks like to the naked eye. We'll try and replace it with an image that we also take a detailed photo of to confirm the correct id. General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere We thought this was Rosulabryum billardierei, but János Vörösbaranyi said "The hair point is too long and the dry leaves are not twisted. S3, S4 & S5 are most likely R. torquescens: red costa (central nerve of the leaf) on leaf close up photo's; capsule has red mouth photos 5 and 6." He later added "The dry capsules have abruptly apiculate exostome teeth. The red colouring on the leaves is another confirming sign." A spore capsule is called a "Sporangium", plural is "Sporangia"
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