In
Tasmania, Schizymenium is represented by a single species,
S. bryoides (previously known as Mielichhoferia bryoides).
S. bryoides is a rather nondescript moss that grows on
earth banks and sometimes on rocks in higher altitude forest. The
shoots are red-stemmed and near dense tomentum (hairs) at the base.
The leaves are narrowly triangular and glaucous green, with a nerve
that ends just below the leaf apex.
Some species of Pohlia is very similar but the capsules of
Pohlia develop terminally while those of S. bryoides
develop basally.
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