Plagiomnium affine (Blandow ex Funck) T.J.Kop., 1968

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Many-fruited Thyme-moss
• 🇫🇷 Mnie apparentée

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Setaphytes
• Clade: Bryophytes
• Class: Bryopsida
• Subclass: Bryidae
• Order: Bryales
• Family: Mniaceae
• Genus: Plagiomnium
• Species: Plagiomnium affine

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with P. cuspidatum (Schrad.) T.J.Kop., 1968, whose leaves only have teeth in their upper part, while those of P. affine have teeth on the whole margin.

Possible confusion with P. rostratum (Schrad.) T.J.Kop., 1968, which has creeping stems attached to the substrate by rhizoids, while P. affine has erect stems.

Found on the soil in woodland, in moist and shady places such as crevices or ditches. Also found on leaning trees that retain rainwater.

Photographs

Sources

• Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 621). British Bryological Society.

• Müller, N., Schnyder, N., & Schubiger, C. (2002). Feldschlüssel für die Bestimmung der Moose in Mooren. Meylania, Newsletter of the Swiss Association of Bryology and Lichenology, 25, 20.

• Sabovljevic, M. (2019). Plagiomnium affine (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84317801/87843625