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NZ Plants
Dicranoloma menziesii
Family: Dicranaceae
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Plants
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Shoot
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Stem with leaf bases. A young dwarf male plant (bottom left) is attached to the stem.
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Stem and leaf bases. A young dwarf male plant is attached to the stem
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Stem with older dwarf male plants
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Detached leaf
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Detached leaf with sheathing leaf base
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Leaf tips
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Leaf tip detail
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Sporophyte plant
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Developing capsule with calyptra cover
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Calyptra removed to expose operculum lid
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Mature capsule
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Mature capsule, peristome with spores
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Peristome from above
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Dicranoloma menziesii has long and slender leaves and may be distinguished from other species in the genus by capsules borne on short (10 mm or less) stalks (setae) so that they are often overtopped by the leaves.
Widespread in New Zealand as an epiphyte on trunks and branches of trees, exposed roots and also on rock.
