Didymoglossum tahitense

Hymenophyllaceae

Didymoglossum tahitense (Nadeaud) Ebihara & K.Iwats.

Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/241949

Rhizome densely covered with short black hairs. Fronds sessile. Lamina peltately attached, broadly elliptic to round, 4–25 mm diam., appressed to the substratum; upper surface ±glabrous; veins on lower surface with dark red to black hairs; margins entire to irregular, glabrous; veins radiating from near point of attachment, with false veins in between (submarginal false veins absent). Sori 1–3 per frond, partly immersed in the lamina; involucre ±trumpet-shaped, 2–3 mm long; tube 0.4–0.5 mm wide; base cuneate; margins entire, dilated, slightly 2-lipped; receptacle included or slightly exserted. 

Epiphytic low on tree trunks in mesic lowland to mid montane vine forest.