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NZ Plants
Rhizogonium distichum
Family Rhizogoniaceae
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Plants
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Plants
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Leaves
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Young sporophytes with elongating seta (stalks) and terminal calyptra cover
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Perichaetial bracts at base of seta
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Calyptra (upper portion of the former archegonium)
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Mature capsule
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Peristome
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Rhizogonium distichum forms dense matts of unbranched stems 10-25 mm in hight with two rows of leaves on opposite sides of the stem (distichous). Leaves have a broad vein (nerve or costa), are oblong-ovate in shape with a broadly acute or obtuse tip. The terminal portion of the leaf margins are toothed (dentate). Clusters of sporophytes originate from the base of stems with the base of setae surrounded by lanceolate perichaetial bracts. Distinguished from Rhizogonium novae-hollandiae by its larger leaves and a blunt leaf tip.
Found throughout New Zealand on rotting wood in moist forest.
