Mittenia

Mittenia is a genus of haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) with a single species, Mittenia plumula, which is the sole representative of the family Mitteniaceae.^[1][2][3] The family was previously placed in the order Pottiales,^[2] but is now placed in its own monotypic order, Mitteniales.^[4]

Mittenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Bryophyta
Class:	Bryopsida
Subclass:	Dicranidae
Order:	Mitteniales
Family:	Mitteniaceae Broth.
Genus:	Mittenia Lindb.
Species:	M. plumula
Binomial name
Mittenia plumula (Mitt.) Lindb.

It has luminescent protonema.^[5][6]