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NZ Plants
Dicnemon calycinum
Family: Dicnemonaceae
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Plant growing on a tree trunk. One branch of a Macromitrium sp. (pale green) is in the centre.
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Plant with attached sporophyte
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Shoot
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A young sporophyte plant. The seta (stalk) is surrounded by a sheath of overlapping perichaetial bracts.
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Upper portion of seta. The seta with capsule emerges at the top of the perichaetial cylinder. This young capsule has a calyptra covering.
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Capsule with calyptra shed exposing the operculum lid
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Leaves with veins (nerves) and incurved marging
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Dicnemon calycinum forms dense patches consisting of creeping, many-branched stems bearing short erect branches with close set leaves. A tubular sheath (perichaetial bracts) extends up the length of the seta stalk ending in a fine point that sometimes overtops the capsule.
Widespread in New Zealand as an epiphyte on trunks and branches.
