I found this tiny bit of moss, unidentified as yet, but interestingly enough, it's sporophytes showed three stages of development. There was a tiny one that still had it's cover or calyptra. A larger one showed the calytra just coming off. The older capsules were naked but still had their lids or operculum.
From the "Zoomy Files": you can see both the capsule with the calyptra coming off and the older ones that have already lost their covering.
This is the smallest capsule with its covering called the calyptra.
Ink and watercolor in my Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Journal.
What's a Zoomy?
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