Leucobryum glaucum (Hedw.) Ångstr., 1845

Common names

🇬🇧 Large White-moss
🇫🇷 Coussinet des bois

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Setaphytes
Clade: Bryophytes
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Dicranidae
Order: Dicranales
Family: Leucobryaceae
Genus: Leucobryum
Species: Leucobryum glaucum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Found on dead wood in woodland.

Photographs

img/leucobryum-glaucum.webp — Leucobryum glaucum

img/leucobryum-glaucum-2.webp — Leucobryum glaucum

img/leucobryum-glaucum-3.webp — Leucobryum glaucum

img/leucobryum-glaucum-4.webp — Leucobryum glaucum

Sources

Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 403). British Bryological Society.
González Mancebo, J. (2019). Leucobryum glaucum (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84372201/87714550