Pseudoditrichum mirabile
Region: Canada, along the Sloan River.
Genus: 1 species; single in Pseudoditrichaceae.
Clades: Pseudoditrichaceae, Bryales, Bryidae, Bryanae, Bryophyta, Plants.
Habitat: moist silt, underneath Populus.
Botany
Moss; rare; 3 mm tall; spreads vegetatively by means of spherical underground tubers as well as via narrow, thread-like gemmae.
Capsule: unusual gametophyte features; unusual sporophyte morphology.
Spores: ± 15 µm long, shed one at a time.