Lichens; Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts
Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts
Sighting 3375715

Funaria hygrometrica

Moss at Garran, ACT

Funaria hygrometrica at Garran, ACT - 8 Apr 2017 12:00 AM
Funaria hygrometrica at Garran, ACT - 8 Apr 2017 12:00 AM
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Identification history

Funaria hygrometrica 11 Apr 2017 Heino
Funaria hygrometrica 11 Apr 2017 Heino
Unverified 9 Apr 2017 ruthkerruish

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2 comments

Heino wrote:
   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).
ruthkerruish wrote:
   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.

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Species information

  • Funaria hygrometrica Scientific name
  • Moss Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1232.98m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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