Another common species that fruits rarely, encountered yesterday at the head of seepage on a slumping cliff above Rhossili Beach. Many capsules seemed to have been frosted/eaten/aborted, but there were plenty that were still well developed. Associates included
Riccardia chamedryfolia,
Cratoneuron filicinum and
Didymodon tophaceus.
That's a wonderfully Mnium-like capsule, reflecting the move of Pohlia from Bryaceae to Mniaceae.
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