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Funaria (Funariaceae)  
Tasmania has only one species of Funaria, the cosmopolitan F. hygrometrica (Cord moss), a moss often used in biology classes.

F. hygrometrica is a colonizing species and often comes up in large patches after a bush fire. It is also exceedingly common in urban areas and potted gardens. Plants are non-descript when sterile but unmistakable when fruiting.

Previously, all the species under the genus Entosthodon were classed under Funaria. Indeed, the two genera are difficult to differentiate in the absence of fertile material but F. hygrometrica is much more common.

 
 
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