luminous moss

luminous moss

▪ plant species
also called  Elfin-gold 

      (Schistostega pennata; formerly S. osmundacea), light-reflecting plant of the subclass Bryidae, native to the Northern Hemisphere. It forms green mats in caves, holes in wood or earth, or cavities between rocks or under tree roots. A luminous moss is about one centimetre (1/2 inch) or more tall. The lower part of the caulid (stem) is bare, and the upper part has two rows of phyllids (leaves), causing the plant to resemble a small fern frond. Male plants have budlike reproductive organs. The small capsule (spore case) of the female plant resembles a pinhead. The golden-green appearance of the moss is caused by reflection of light from chlorophyll grains in lens-shaped cells of the protonema—the filamentous structure that grows from the germinating spore and eventually produces the sexual plant (gametophyte).

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