Funaria hygrometrica
Moss at Garran, ACT
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| Funaria hygrometrica | Heino | 11 Apr 2017 | |
| Funaria hygrometrica | Heino | 11 Apr 2017 | |
| Unverified | ruthkerruish | 9 Apr 2017 |
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2 comments
11 Apr 2017
Funaria hygrometrica is a highly plausible, but not guaranteed, identification. This moss is fairly common (especially in burnt areas), often produces dense masses of stalked spore capsules and, if I enlarge the image, the spore capsules look to be curved and asymmetric. However, to see what I think are those features I need to enlarge the image to such a degree that fuzziness becomes pronounced in many parts. In case you're interested, here (http://www.cpbr.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/funaria-hygrometrica-MIOB.html) the spore capsules are very immature and here (http://www.cpbr.gov.au/bryophyte/photos-captions/funaria-hygrometrica-sporophyte.html) there is a mix of more advanced but still immature (the green ones) and brown mature capsules (though with the lids still to drop from the capsule mouths).
11 Apr 2017
This is located in a block in the HQW that gets control burnt every 5 years.
Thank you for your comments - I'll keep a look out for more.
Thank you for your comments - I'll keep a look out for more.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.100128-35.339428
- Altitude 651.3m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 8 Apr 2017 12:00 AM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
Collections
- ruthkerruish Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Funaria hygrometrica Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts Lichens; Mosses & other Bryophytes
Species information
- Funaria hygrometrica Scientific name
- Moss Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1232.98m Recorded at altitude