Pohlia nutans | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Bryophyta |
Class: | Bryopsida |
Subclass: | Bryidae |
Order: | Bryales |
Family: | Mniaceae |
Genus: | Pohlia |
Species: | P. nutans |
Binomial name | |
Pohlia nutans | |
Infraspecies [1] | |
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Synonyms | |
subsp. schimperi [2]
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Pohlia nutans, the nodding thread-moss, is a species of moss in the family Mniaceae. [3] It has a cosmopolitan distribution, found on all seven continents; Europe, Iceland, Siberia, Japan, North America, Greenland, the Andes of South America, South Africa, Tasmania and nearby mainland Australia, New Zealand, and the Antarctic Peninsula and Mount Rittmann in Antarctica. [4] An extremophile, it is resistant to cold, drought, salt, acid, heavy metals, and intense UV radiation. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Pohlia nutans is subject to fungal infections which cause fairy rings to appear. Some causative agents have been identified, including species of Cladosporium , Mortierella gamsii and Mortierella fimbricystis . [9]
The following subtaxa are accepted: [1]