Yellow Awn Candle Snuffer Moss (Encalypta rhaptocarpa)
Description
A pale green moss with broad, more or less parallel-sided, opaque, very matt leaves, abruptly narrowed to a shortly excurrent nerve, which is sometimes elongated into a colourless hair point. Shoots typically grow up to about 2 cm tall, with leaves 3 mm long. The capsules, which are usually present, are longitudinally ribbed, have a peristome, and until maturity are entirely covered by a very large calyptra.
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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