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NZ Plants
Rhynchostegium muriculatum
Family: Brachytheciaceae
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Plant
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Branching stem
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Stem with leaves
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Leaves
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Sporophyte plants
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Young sporophyte plants with seta (red) and terminal calyptra (white-green)
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Bract around base of setae
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Immature capsules with calyptra coverings
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Older capsule with shet calyptra showing the operculum (capsule lid)
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Mature capsule, operculum shed exposing the peristome teeth
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Mature capsule, peristome teeth
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Rhynchostegium muriculatum is a small creeping and branching moss with spreading, 1 mm long leaves. The seta (stalk) is papillose and the capsule lid (operculum) has a long beak.
Widespread in New Zealand in damp areas on soil, rotting wood and as an epiphyte in open forest.
