Conostomum tetragonum (Hedw.) Lindb.

Conostomum moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Stems brown. Leaves stiffly erect, keeled, 1-1.5 mm; alar cells undifferentiated; basal laminal cells rectangular; distal cells 24-30 × 7-8 µm. Perigonia large, paraphyses subclavate. Perichaetial leaves subulate, base ovate, 2-2.5 mm. Seta yellowish red to brown, 0.8-2.5 cm. Capsule ovoid, slightly asymmetric, 2-2.5 mm, neck short, swollen; operculum obliquely rostrate, beak stout; exostome teeth with border narrow, yellow, connate teeth forming perforated cone. Spores 41-52 µm.
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Identifiers

LSID 35158157
WFO ID wfo-0001180925
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INPN ID 4983
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Synonyms

Conostomum gracile Conostomum intermedium Conostomum lorentzii Conostomum macrocarpum Conostomum minutum Conostomum rhynchostegium Conostomum speirostichum Conostomum tetragonum Philonotis hattorii Bartramia conostoma Bartramia pentasticha Conostomum aequinoctiale Conostomum arcticum Conostomum bellii Conostomum boreale Mnium tetragonum