Zygodon viridissimus (Dicks.) Brid., 1826

Common names

🇬🇧 Green Yoke-moss
🇫🇷 Zygodon vert

Taxonomy

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

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with Z. rupestris Schimp. ex Lorentz, 1865, whose gemmae lack longitudinal cell walls. Distinction between Z. rupestris and Z. viridissimus is impossible in the field, but Z. viridissimus is more common.

Found on trees, dead wood, or rocks.

Photographs

img/zygodon-viridissimus.webp — *Zygodon viridissimus*

img/zygodon-viridissimus-2.webp — *Zygodon viridissimus*

img/zygodon-viridissimus-3.webp — *Zygodon viridissimus*

img/zygodon-viridissimus-4.webp — *Zygodon viridissimus* - Leaves

img/zygodon-viridissimus-5.webp — *Zygodon viridissimus* - Gemmae

img/zygodon-viridissimus-6.webp — *Zygodon viridissimus* - Gemmae

Sources

Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S., & Lawley, M. (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a field guide (p. 642). British Bryological Society.
Hodgetts, N. (2019). Zygodon viridissimus (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2019. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87540969/87822099