Heterotrichia insignis

Sporotheca:- reddish brown becoming yellowish brown, approximately 1.5- 2.5 mm high


Stalk:-  brown, 0.3 mm long.


Hypothallus:- dark brown, common to the cluster


Peridium:- when not fused to neighbour, evanescent above, eventually splitting into lobes leaving a shallow calyculus


Capillitium:- attached at base as a loose net with numerous free ends all bearing spines, rings and half rings and reticulations


Spores:-  palid, globose, minutely roughened some with larger warts particularly noticeable under the use of cotton blue


Substrate:- woody twigs

Heterotrichia insignis is listed in the following regions:

South Coast

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Species information

  • Heterotrichia insignis Scientific name
  • Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Machine learning
  • Synonyms

    Arcyria stipata

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