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NZ Plants
Breutelia pendula
Family: Bartramiaceae
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Plants
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Stems with leaves
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Leaves
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Mid-region of a stem with copious rhizoids
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Lower region of stem with rhizoid tomentum
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Male stem with antheridial disc
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An antheridial disc contains numerous sterile filaments (paraphyses)
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Antheridia (green) are found amongst the paraphyses (orange)
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Antheridium and paraphyses
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Sporophyte plants with immature and mature capsules.
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Mature capsule, side view
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Capsule, end view with peristome
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Peristome
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Breutelia pendula is a robust moss with red-brown stems with abundant brown rhizoids that form a dense tomentum. The greenish-yellow leaves are glossy with longitudinal folds and taper to a fine point. The stems of male plants form conspicuous reddish discs with sperm-containing antheridia at their tips.
Widespread in New Zealand in damp sites but also able to withstand prolonged dry periods.
