Achrophyllum dentatum
Found on rocks, very rotten logs, on soil along the edges of tracks - anywhere very damp.
The leaves can appear to look a bit like fish scales with a bluish tinge to them
Achrophyllum quadrifarum
This species is larger than A. dentatum and is paler.
Under a microscope it can be seen that the teeth on the leaf margin are different.
Distichophyllum microcarpum
This species is larger than the others in this genera. It could be confused with Achrophyllum but it has a long nerve and the leaf margin cells are different.
The leaf border of Distichophyllum microcarpum.
Calytrochaeta cristata
Found on rocks, very rotten logs, on soil along the edges of tracks - anywhere very damp.
Looks very similar to Achrophyllum dentatum, but without the blue tinge, and under a microscope, the leaves on this one have a definite border.
Calyptrochaeta flexicollus
Other than being a smaller plant than C. cristata, under a microscope it can be seen that this plant has a longer point to the leaf and the nerve is smaller or absent.
Distichophyllum crispulum
The leaves of this species are more pointed than the other species and the leaf border is more or less lacking teeth.
This image shows Distichophyllum pulchellum with sporophytes.
A close-up of a mature sporophyte of D. pulchellum.
Distichophyllum rotundifolium
The leaves of this species are more rounded and have a stout toothed border.
This image shows the border of the leaves of Distichophyllum pulchellum with its long cells. Note also the single vein ending about two-thirds of the way up the leaf.
Distichophyllum pulchellum
The leaves of this one are about 1.5 - 2 mm long. Although the leaves look as if they are in rows, they aren't, but are flattened into one plane.
The sporophyte of Acrophyllum dentatum.
This image and the next one below show the teeth on the leaf margin of Acrophhyllum dentatum.
Hookeriaceae
These are found in quite damp areas, and because of their flattened leaves, they could be mistaken for a liverwort - until they produce a capsule.
