''Weissia multicapsularis'', the many-fruited beardless-moss, is an ephemeral moss. It is

critically endangered An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2023, of t ...

Distribution

It is found in France, Cornwall, Wales, and Turkey. It grows on damp and muddy non-calcareous soils. It is found on banks hedges, and tracksides.

Taxonomy

It was named by

William Mitten William Mitten (30 November 1819 – 20 July 1906) was an English people, English pharmaceutical chemist and authority on bryophytes who has been called "the premier bryologist of the second half of the nineteenth century". He built up a colle ...

, in ''Ann. Mag. Nat. History'', ser. 2 8: 317 in 1851.

References

External links

South Wales Bryophytes: Rare fungus on Weissia multicapsularis
Pottiaceae {{Dicranidae-stub