English: White moss; Cushion moss.
German: Weißmoos.
Genus: 1 species.
Clades: Bryophytes, Bryopsida, Dicranales, Octoblepharaceae.
Region: pantropical; Americas, Africa, Asia, Oceania.
Habitat: warm, humid tropical and subtropical lowland forests.
Use: ornamental, in humid terrariums, vivariums, and paludariums.
endure periods of drought.

BotanyType: moss, upright-growing; forming dense, compact cushions or tufts; epiphytic, on bark of trees, decaying logs, on shaded soil or rocks.
Root: absent; anchored to substrates by fine, thread-like structures called rhizoids.
Stem: short, simple or sparsely branched upright stems; forming dense, cushion-like tufts or patches.
Leaves: linear to lanceolate; with a broad, whitish base tapering to a point; pale or almost white when dry.
Fruit: capsule (sporophyte), on a straight, smooth, reddish or yellowish seta arising from the moss gametophyte.
Dispersion: by wind and air.

TaxonomyOctoblepharum was previously placed in family Calymperaceae.