Moss Specimen

Date2007

Dimensions0.5 x 9 x 6.5 cm (3/16 x 3 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.)

Object numberHF.2012.49.15

DescriptionA sample of yellow-green, Callicladium haldanianum [Grev.] Crum plus Hypnaceae moss with thin arching branches with small, feather-like leaves positioned alternate each other. The center of the sample is densely interwoven with very thin, smooth, copper-coloured shoots. The reverse side is dark brown, light-brown around the edges with a section of grey-brown fiber (wood?).

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Order: Hypnales
Family: Hypnaceae Schimp.
Genus: Callicladium H.A. Crum
Species: Callicladium haldanianum [Grev.] Crum

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