Funaria hygrometrica Hedw., 1801

Common names

🇬🇧 Common Cord-moss
🇫🇷 Funaire hygromètre, Funaire hygrométrique

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Setaphytes
Clade: Bryophytes
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Funariidae
Order: Funariales
Family: Funariaceae
Genus: Funaria
Species: Funaria hygrometrica

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Found on recently burnt or disturbed soils, as well as in plant pots.

Photographs

img/funaria-hygrometrica.webp — Funaria hygrometrica

img/funaria-hygrometrica-2.webp — Funaria hygrometrica - Capsules borne on a long, curved seta

img/funaria-hygrometrica-3.webp — Funaria hygrometrica - Leaves

img/funaria-hygrometrica-4.webp — Funaria hygrometrica - Leaf tip

img/funaria-hygrometrica-5.webp — Funaria hygrometrica - Capsule tip

Sources

Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 561). British Bryological Society.
Campisi, P., & Cogoni, A. (2019). Funaria hygrometrica (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/168928/87770415