Brachythecium turgidum (Hartm.) Kindb.

Turgid brachythecium moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Hookeriales > Brachytheciaceae > Brachythecium

Characteristics

Plants large, , in moderately dense mats, green to often rich golden and brownish yellow. Stems to 12 cm, creeping to ascending or erect in dense growth, terete-foliate, irregularly pinnate, branches to 15 mm, straight to flexuose, terete-foliate. Stem leaves erect-appressed, closely imbricate, ovate-lanceolate, broadest at 1/8-1/4 leaf length, slightly concave, strongly plicate, 2.5-3.5 × 0.9-1.3 mm; base tapered, decurrent; margins plane or often recurved at places, entire to slightly serrulate, especially distally; apex gradually or abruptly tapered, ; costa to 60-75% leaf length, moderately strong, terminal spine absent; alar cells subquadrate to short-rectangular, small, 12-20 × 11-15 µm, walls thick, region indistinctly delimited, of 5-10 × 5-8 cells; laminal cells linear, 45-100(-130) × 6-9(-11) µm, ; basal cells 8-13 µm wide, , region in 3 rows. Branch leaves similar, smaller. Sexual condition autoicous. Seta reddish, 1-2 cm, smooth. Capsule horizontal, red-brown to dark brown, elongate, curved, 2 mm; annulus separating by fragments; operculum long-conic. Spores 13-17 µm.
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Identifiers

LSID 35115184
WFO ID wfo-0001155482
COL ID N33B
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INPN ID 5833
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Synonyms

Brachythecium turgidum