''Cryphaea lamyana'' is an aquatic moss found in unpolluted rivers,
It is local or rare throughout its range and in the UK is restricted to a few sites in Cornwall and Devon and a number of sites on the
River Teifi
The River Teifi ( ; , ), formerly anglicised as Tivy, forms the boundary for most of its length between the Welsh counties of Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, and for the final of its total length of , the boundary between Ceredigion and Pembr ...
where it is most commonly found.
Its common name is multi-fruited river moss so named because of the spherical orange capsules in which it bears its spores.
References
Cryphaeaceae
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