Hypnum lacunosum

Revised name: Hypnum cupressiforme var. lacunosum

English name: Great plait-moss

A pleurocarpous moss with warm golden or orange-brown shoots that have a somewhat swollen appearance as the somewhat concave leaves are not closely adpressed to the stem.

Capsules mature from late autumn to winter.

In Scotland, Hypnum lacunosum is widespread in somewhat calcareous habitats including calcareous turf and scree, and dune grassland. BBS distribution map

Look out for Homalothecium lutescens, Pseudoscleropodium purum and Syntrichia ruralis var. ruraliformis nearby.

Confusion species: Hypnum cupressiforme