葫芦藓在生物分类学上是葫芦藓科中的葫芦藓属中的一个种。

• 生态环境：生活在阴湿的环境中，通常在田园路旁等潮湿土壤中可以看到。
• 分布地域：葫芦藓是最常见的苔藓植物，在世界各地广为分布。
• 特征：植物体矮小，有芽胞形分枝。

Funaria hygrometrica, the bonfire moss or common cord-moss, is a type of water moss which grows on moist, shady, and damp soil. It can also be found on moist walls and the crevices of rocks and places where recent fires have taken place.

The plant body is green, soft, and upright, about half an inch tall. The rhizoids present in this species are multi-cellular and branched. They have oblique septa. The main axis of the plant, which is upright, bears a set of spirally arranged, sessile leaves having a clearly distinguishable midrib.