Dichodontium pellucidum (Hedw.) Schimp.

Dichodontium moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Dicranales > Rhabdoweisiaceae > Dichodontium

Characteristics

Stems 1.5-5.5(-8) cm. Leaves 1-4 mm, apex narrowly to broadly acute to rounded-obtuse; margins weakly to strongly recurved in proximal half or sometimes nearly to the apex, generally smooth near the insertion, margins of leaf apex strongly papillose but without teeth; marginal laminal cells weakly papillose by projecting distal cell ends or smooth in proximal half of the leaf; median leaf cells with horned papillae on both surfaces; costal cells adaxially elongate (3-6:1), often smooth, clearly different from adjacent laminal cells. Specialized asexual reproduction occasional, by mullticellular ovoid to ellipsoidal gemmae borne on branched, rhizoid-like structures in the leaf axils. Sexual condition dioicous. Seta 9-20 mm. Capsule 1.2-1.6 mm, not strumose, smooth when dry. Spores 13-20(-25) µm.
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID 35120710
WFO ID wfo-0001158364
COL ID 35M4J
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INPN ID 4439
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Synonyms

Barbula tamakii Dichodontium flavescens Dicranum aquaticum Didymodon theriotii Leptodontium sikokianum Leptodontium subalpinum Bryum pellucidum Trichostomum subalpinum Tortula flavescens Dichodontium pellucidum Dichodontium subflavescens Dicranum pellucidum Triquetrella nipponensis Bryum flavescens Mnium pellucens Dichodontium verrucosum Dichodontium pellucidum var. americanum Dichodontium pellucidum var. fagimontanum Dichodontium pellucidum var. flavescens Dichodontium pellucidum var. pellucidum