Habitat and Substrate: Most often in shaded to partially shaded areas, on logs, rocks, and soil, often among mosses.

Rhode Island Status: Common.

Pollution Tolerance: Sensitive to acid rain.

Collection Site(s): Crandall Swamp, Westerly (#4847); Grass Pond, Richmond (#4912); Ell Pond, Hopkinton (#5035); Headwaters of Wood River, West Greenwich (#5131); Scituate Reservoir, Scituate (#5246); Blue Pond, Hopkinton (#5320); J.L. Curran Park, Cranston (#5405); Iron Mine Hill Road, North Smithfield (#5480); Kimball Wildlife Sanctuary, Charlestown (#5564); George Parker Woodlands, Coventry (#5580); SR-146, North Smithfield (#5631, #5644).

Notes: Previously reported in Rhode Island by Flenniken (1968b) and Greene (2000).