Onion Moss: Young, Dorsal & Size

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Mosses & Liverworts (Bryophyta) - Mosses (Bryopsida) - Mosses & Liverworts

Order:

Stalkless Mosses (Gigaspermales)

Family:

Stalkless Moss (Gigaspermaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Onion Moss (Gigaspermum repens)

This Photo:

🔍Young, Dorsal & Size🔎

Thank you Alan Dandie for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~1mm wide at the base.
These do not have their sporagia on a stalk, very unique.

Similar Species: Slender Dunking Ducks (Entosthodon subnudus var gracilis)

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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