Lopidium is an genus of mosses and in
Tasmania is represented by a single species, Lopidium concinnum.
Lopidium concinnum is a relatively common rain forest or
wet forest epiphyte often found growing on the caudex of tree ferns.
The fronds are fan-shaped and when dry has an overall glaucous (whisth-greenish)
appearance. The leaves are arranged in three ranks such that there
is a row of leaves on the shoot underside that is reduced in size
and is sometimes referred to as underleaves.
The capsules are borne on the upper side of the frond.
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