A large family of feather mosses characterized by two-pronged or forked leaf arrangements.
From Greek 'dikran' (two-pronged fork) + Latin '-aceae' (family suffix in taxonomy). Named for the distinctive forked or bifid leaf appearance in mosses of this group.
These mosses are found on tree bark, rocks, and soil all over the world, and if you look at their leaves under a microscope, you'll see they really do look like tiny two-pronged forks!
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