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NZ Plants
Glyphothecium sciuroides
Family: Ptychomniaceae
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Leaf
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Detached leaf
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Filamentous paraphyllia on stem between leaves
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Paraphyllia on stem with leaves removed
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Shoot with perigonia (scale-like leaves that enclose antheridia) in axils of leaves
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Opened perigonium with two sperm-containing antheridia exposed
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Fully opened perigonium with filamentous paraphyses and two antheridia
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Sporophyte plant with stalk (seta) and immature capsule
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Perichaetial bracts at base of seta
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Immature capsule with calyptra cover
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Splitting calyptra cover with operculum lid beneath
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Calyptra removed to expose the capsule operculum (lid)
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Mature capsule, operculum shed
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Peristome from above with green spores
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Peristome at an angle to reveal the high basal membrane of the inner peristome (endostome)
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Glyphothecium sciuroides forms dense erect or loose pendent turfs. Shoots are 1-10 cm long, bright green or olive green above, yellow to golden below and sparingly branched. Stems are orange-brown and bear minute leaf-like outgrowths (paraphyllia). Leaves are overlapping, ovate-eliptic, 1.5-2.3 mm long, concave and with longitudinal folds (plicae) at the base and with long tapering tips and a finely-toothed margin. Dark filamentous brood bodies (gemmae) are borne on the upper parts of the stems. Capsules are erect, ovoid to cylindrical and deeply furrowed.
Widespread as an epiphyte in damp forest.
