Found in middle intertidal on Rocky substrate
Watch glass/culture dish 300ml 4.5" diam
Observed during very low tide.
Capitulum branches have many points. Cortical cells have no fibrils. Chlorophyllose cells have exposure more on concave surface. Stem leaves are oblong triangular. Vegetative. Growing in bog.
Red tips of leaves and hair calyptra help to identify. In coniferous forest growing on the ground nearby other bryophytes.
Very organized pinnate branching. Growing on the ground in a coniferous forest.