Dilated Scalewort - Frullania dilatata

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Description

This is a subpinnately branched leafy liverwort that can be greenish or brownish in colour with shoots 0.7 to 1.5 mm wide. The leaves are up to 1 mm wide by 1.2 mm long with rounded lobes and large helmet shaped lobules of equal width and length. The underleaves are dioicious and often fertile. Female shoots have warty perianths whereas the male equivalents appear narrow by comparison.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

On well lit trees and shrubs, especially ash, willow and poplar. Occasionally on rock or in turf.

When to see it

All year.

UK Status

Very common.

VC55 Status

Common, particularly in the Charnwood area.

  • David Nicholls
    Rutland Water
    12 March 2016
  • David Nicholls
    Thornton reservoir
    08 February 2022
  • David Nicholls
    Ratby, Burroughs Wood
    29 November 2023
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    04 May 2013
  • Melinda Bell
    Ashby, Ivanhoe Way, Fox Covert
    17 January 2021
    underside- leaves much smaller
  • Steve Woodward
    Ulverscroft
    27 March 2007
  • Melinda Bell
    Ashby, Ivanhoe Way, Fox Covert
    17 January 2021
    warty perianths on female shoots
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood West, Ratby
    09 January 2023
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood West, Ratby
    09 January 2023
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood West, Ratby
    09 January 2023
  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood West, Ratby
    09 January 2023

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Species profile

Common names
Dilated Scalewort
Species group:
Mosses & Liverworts
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Porellales
Family:
Frullaniaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
57
First record:
27/03/2007 (Woodward, Steve)
Last record:
05/11/2024 (Smith, Peter)

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  • Steve Woodward
    Ulverscroft
    07 March 2009
  • David Nicholls
    Rutland Water
    26 September 2015
  • Melinda Bell
    Coalville,Nature Alive
    03 February 2021
  • David Nicholls
    White's Wood, Swithland
    28 February 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Aylestone Meadows
    26 February 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Dimminsdale
    15 March 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Bagworth Heath Woods
    24 February 2022
  • Melinda Bell
    Whitwick,Holly Hayes Wood
    22 March 2022