*1: Chyenhal Moor, Newlyn,
1866, WC (PNZ) (Paton 1969a: 711). [Older vc1
record (Trungle Moor, in Curnow 1865) not supported by
specimen: Paton 1969a: 711]. (Vc1 placed in brackets because
only old records exist: Paton 1969a: 711, Crundwell 1970:
196).
[Modern records in vc1 are only of its occurrence
as a horticultural weed (see Holyoak 1995a): SW662421, weed on
peaty soil of plant pots left in open, Trevenson Moor Garden
Centre, NW. of Pool, 18-19 June 1994, DTH 94-306, 94-308,
c.fr. (DTH); the plant pots were part of a
consignment imported months earlier from the Netherlands. On
some pots it formed a carpet 2 cm tall, on others it grew
amongst cover of Campylopus
introflexus.]
[vc2 record (Redgate, St Cleer, undated, FR
(TRU), and in Rilstone 1918) is based on
misidentified Polytrichastrum
formosum: Paton 1969a: 711; vc2 therefore deleted by
Crundwell 1970: 196].
As noted by Paton (1969a: 711) the comment by
Rilstone (1919) that P. aurantiacum takes the
place of P. formosum in
West Cornwall implies that he
misunderstood the species, especially since all his material
is P.
formosum.
Capsules seen in plants at garden centre (other
plants non-fertile): dehiscing
6.
