Tetraphis pellucida is one of two species ofmoss in the acrocarpous genus Tetraphis.[1] Its name refers to its four large peristome teeth found on the sporophyte capsule.
Tetraphis pellucida occurs almost exclusively on rotten stumps and logs,[2] and is native to the northern hemisphere.[3] The leafy shoot is between eight and 15 mm tall. The lower leaves are one to two mm long, where as the upper and perichaetial leaves-leaves that surround the archegonia- are three mm long. Leaves plane and entire at the margins.[2]
(From Wikipedia, February 2015)