Brown Moss

This brown moss is commonly found blanketing large areas In rainforests, On rotten logs, and In rainy mountain ranges.
It is small, growing up to 3 inches (8 cm) tall. It forms in extensive patches are slow to spread and grow, and is very frail.
When mature, emerald kidney-shaped capsules grow at the end of short, lime green sporophytes, eventually opening up during the early summer to release millions of spores; it can cause allergic reactions.