Pulvigera lyellii (Hook. & Taylor) Plášek, Sawicki & Ochyra, 2015

Common names

🇬🇧 Lyell’s bristle-moss
🇫🇷 Houppe de Lyell

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Setaphytes
Clade: Bryophytes
Class: Bryopsida
Subclass: Bryidae
Order: Orthotrichales
Family: Orthotrichaceae
Genus: Pulvigera
Species: Pulvigera lyellii

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion at first sight with other epiphytic species, but the brown gemmae covering the leaves is very distinctive. Found on trees.

Photographs

img/pulvigera-lyellii.webp — Pulvigera lyellii

img/pulvigera-lyellii-2.webp — Pulvigera lyellii

img/pulvigera-lyellii-3.webp — Pulvigera lyellii - Capsules

img/pulvigera-lyellii-4.webp — Pulvigera lyellii - Immature capsule close-up

Sources

Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 648). British Bryological Society.
Sergio, C., Garcia, C., & Lara, F. (2019). Pulvigera lyellii (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87539618/87727934