Fringed Candle Snuffer Moss (Encalypta ciliata)
Description
A pale green moss with shoots that are about 2 cm tall, and leaves 3-4 mm long. The leaves are broad, more or less parallel-sided, opaque, very matt, and abruptly narrowed to the tip. The nerve ends below the tip or is shortly excurrent. The capsules, which are usually present, are smooth, have a rudimentary or absent peristome, and until maturity are entirely covered by a very large calyptra, which is fringed with cilia at the base (at least when young).
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Bryophyta
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Class: Bryopsida
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Order: Pottiales
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Family: Encalyptaceae
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Genus: Encalypta
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