Mosses and Lichens 



Pedicel. Long and soft. 



Lid (operculum). Small, convex, with a red border. 

 Teeilo (peristome). None. 

 Spores. Minute, maturing in the spring. 

 Species. But one known. 



Distribution. It has been found in northern and central Europe 

 and in New York and the White Mountains. 



THE aUARTETTE MOSS 

 Genus TETRAPLODON, Bruch & Schimp. 



The plants of the Genus Tetraplodon are perennial, growing 

 in densely crowded cushions. They closely resemble the plants 



T. mnioides. Growing on porcupine bones. 



T. mnioides. Leaf apex. 



Empty 

 spore- 

 case. 



T. mnioides. 



of the genus Splacbnum, but differ 

 principally in that the enlarged part 

 (apopbysis) of the pedicel under 

 the spore-case is not inflated and 

 is of the same colour and consis- 

 tency as the spore-case. The plants 

 are peculiar in their choice of hab- 

 itat, being invariably found on ani- 

 mal substances. Tetraplodon an- 



Mature 



spore- gustdtus JS Said tO have been found T. mnioides. Per- 

 case. . ..... istome of sixteen 



growing on an old stocking near double teeth. 



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