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This moss is commoner further east in California but is known from near Highway 20 in Lake County, California. This specimen was obtained there by B. Mishler and photographed by me soon after collection. March 30th 2012, Image I12-0218
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Victoria, Australia
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Paluma, Queensland, Australia
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Large moss on damp rocky ground in shade in moist forest near the Thurston Lava Tube, Hawaii Island, Sept. 20th 2010. Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. The large pale translucent-green leaves of this beautiful moss resemble a Hookeria species, and it is in the family Hookeriaceae. Individual cells are visible at maximum resolution. This is a large form of this variable species. Image I10-2412.
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Paluma, Queensland, Australia
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Paluma, Queensland, Australia
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Paluma, Queensland, Australia
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Encalypta vulgaris Hedw. This is the form that was at one time recognized as E. vulgaris var. mutica differentiated mainly on the basis of obtuse to broadly rounded leaves. Lacks a peristome. The base of the reddish brown calyptra is not fringed and is papillose (as here) or smooth. Usually grows in rock crevices. April 3, 2013, Salt Lake County, Utah, approx. 4,880 ft. elev, growing on Tintic Quartzite.
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Encalypta vulgaris. Another common name is Common Extinguisher Moss.March 27, 2010, Mt. Olympus foothills, Salt Lake County, Utah, approx. 5,000 ft. to 5,025 elev.
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Most of the mosses here are Encalypta vulgaris. On quartz rock/substrates, elev approx 4,950 ft.April 16, 2011, Wasatch foothills, Salt Lake County, Utah
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Briantspuddle, England, United Kingdom
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Toolangi, Victoria, Australia
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Victoria, Australia
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Tasmania, Australia
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Tasmania, Australia
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Tasmania, Australia
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Paluma, Queensland, Australia
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Photographed on rock near the entrance to Clear Lake State Park, Lake County, California on March 29th 2012. Image I12-0077.
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Damper Creek, Queensland, Australia
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Tasmania, Australia
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Durham, North Carolina, United States