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NZ Plants
Dicranoloma billardierei - broom moss
Family: Dricranaceae
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Plant
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Shoots
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Branch with leaves
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Detached leaf
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Leaf bases
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Leaf tips
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Immature capsule, calyptra covering the capsule lid (operculum)
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Calyptra and operculum removed, peristome releasing spores
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Peristome
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Peristome teeth extending outward
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Dicranoloma billardierei a common but variable moss, often with a scruffy appearance with long tapering leaves twisted at the tip and commonly curved to one side.
Widespread in New Zealand on tree trunks, forest litter, soil and rocks.
