fairy spoon

Japanese: fairy spoon(英語表記)fairyspoon
fairy spoon

...The capsule stalk is thick, 5-10 mm long, and the capsule is broadly ovate with a clear dorsoventral shape. The Japanese name "Kiserugoke" and the English name "fairy spoon" are both derived from the shape of the sporophyte. B. minakatae Okam., a closely related species, is rarely found on rotten wood in deep mountains.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "fairy spoon" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…蒴柄(さくへい)は太く,長さ5~10mm,蒴は広卵形で明瞭な背腹性を示す。和名のキセルゴケ,英名のfairy spoonはいずれも胞子体の形状に由来する。本種に近縁のクマノチョウジゴケB.minakatae Okam.は深山の腐木上に稀産する。…

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