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NZ Plants
Rhizogonium novae-hollandiae
Family: Rhizogoniaceae
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Plants on dead trunk of mountain cedar (Libocedrus bidwillii)
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Plant
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Stem
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Leaf detail
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Young sporophyte plants
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Developing capsule with calyptra cover
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Developing capsule, calyptra shed to reveal the operculum lid
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Mature sporophyte plant
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Capsule with peristome teeth
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Rhizogonium novae-hollandiae has creeping stems with erect-to-pendant branches 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 sharp acute tip that often has a fine projection containing the nerve (vein). The terminal portion of the leaf margins are toothed.
Widespread in New Zealand on tree ferns and rotting wood in moist forest.
