*1: Near Trembath,
Newlyn, 1866, WC (PNZ) (Paton 1969a:
751).
*2: Fowey, 1904, RWS
(TRU) (Paton 1969a:
751).
Habitat notes from C&S are as follows. Common
on soil or over decayed wood, in woodlands, groves of trees,
scrub, on base of 'hedges', in gardens, on stream banks, in
cemeteries and churchyards. Apparently avoids very exposed
places on coast, so perhaps intolerant of much salt-spray.
Frequent on bark low on Elders and occasionally on bases of
old Grey Willows and various tree species. On serpentinite
rock of boulders and soil in shade of scrub. On inclined
surface of ledge of mortared-granite masonry, slightly shaded.
Base of mortared walls of reservoir dam. Old mortared walls
and over old concrete. Thin soil on banks and at edges of
tracks on old mining ground. Colonist in open and part shaded
sites in and near china clay quarries and spoil heaps. Soil
and thin soil over rock in old serpentinite quarry above
sea-cliffs, unshaded. Soil on upper parts of sea-cliffs and
slopes above, e.g. sparsely amongst turf. Small amounts on
soil in pastures and a grass ley. Soil at base of masonry.
Soil and decaying wood of rotted logs in and at edges of
deciduous woodland and conifer-woodland edges. Frequent
associates among many noted were Calliergonella
cuspidata, Oxyrrhynchium hians, Kindbergia
praelonga,
Lophocolea bidentata, Rhynchostegium
confertum,
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus; also herbs and
grasses.
Commonly c.fr.: capsules immature 1-3 [4], 8-12;
dehiscing 1-3 [4], 11, 12; dehisced 1-8,
10.