Following Fife A.J. Bryaceae. Fl. NZ Mosses 19 2015
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Bryum billardierei Schwaegr.
Determiner:
Alan Fife
Identification date:
1998-09 (Verbatim: September 1998)
Preferred name:
Rosulabryum billardierei (Schwägr.) J.R.Spence
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
This is a difficult and aberrant collection. Capsules pendent, and symmetric or nearly so, c.3 mm, no polysetose perichaetia seen. Leaves markedly comose, strongly bordered by c. 8-10 cells. I could not put this confidently in var. billardierei or var. platyloma.