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NZ Plants
Fabronia australis
Family: Fabroniaceae
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Plants growing on the mortar of a stone wall
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Shoot
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Shoot
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Young sporophyte with stalk (seta) and capsule
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Parichaetial bracts at base of seta
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Young capsule with calyptra covering
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Young capsule, calyptra shed exposing the operculum lid
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Young capsule, operculum lid
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Peristome teeth as seen through the operculum lid
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Operculum shed exposing the recurved peristome teeth
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Capsule mouth from above with peristome teeth and spores
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Fabronia australis is a very small moss with fine creeping stems bearing spreading leaves less than 1 mm long. The nerve (leaf vein) fails about mid-leaf and the leaf margin may be toothed or lack teeth (entire). Sporopytes are small with setae (stalks) seldom exceeding 6 mm that terminate in ovoid-to-cylindrical capsules less than 1 mm in length.
Widespread in New Zealand as untidy patches on tree trunks, rocks and humus.
