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NZ Plants
Distichophyllum pulchellum
Family Daltoniaceae
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Moist shoot
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Shoot tip
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Leaves
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Dry shoot
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Leaf
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Immature capsule with calyptra covering
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Calyptra removed to expose the capsule with operculum lid
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Mature capsule with operculum shed to expose the peristome teeth
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Inner and outer peristome teeth and green spores
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Base of sporophyte with perichaetial bracts surrounding the seta (stalk)
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Distichophyllum pulchellum forms dense, flattened, yellow-green patches. The stems are a dark brown and bear closely overlapping leaves somewhat flattened into one plane. The leaf has a rounded apex and has a single vein (nerve) that runs two-thirds or more of the way up the leaf. There is a border of elongaged cells at the leaf margin.
Found on rotting logs, tree bases and wet soil in sheltered locations throughout New Zealand.
