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Common bladder moss, pear moss

Physcomitrium pyriforme

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Field Notes

Description:

A small moss with variable but distinctive oblate spheroid (or pear-shaped, hence it's species name, pyriforme) sporophyte capsules. The sporophytes can grow so densely that the gametophytes can be difficult to see.

Habitat:

This moss prefers open, sunny areas, often in areas recently disturbed by fire or construction.

Reference Links:

Physcomitrium Moss - Physcomitrium pyriforme - Overview, Get Your Botany On!: A Fruit Salad of Mosses (apples and pears, that is)

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