Ditrichum lineare (Sw.) Lindb.

Ditrichum moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Dicranales > Ditrichaceae > Ditrichum

Characteristics

Plants in loose to dense tufts, yellowish green. Stems to 1(-1.5) cm, simple or with few branches. Leaves to 2 mm, erect and ± ap-pressed to the stem, oblong-lanceolate, widest at or slightly just proximal to the middle, tapering gradually to a rather blunt apex, lamina 1-stratose except on margins; margins subentire, plane to narrowly recurved, ± erect near the apex, irregularly 2-stratose in the distal half of the leaf; costa percurrent, broad, occupying about 1/3 width of the leaf base, in section with a weakly developed stereid band on abaxial side of guide cells; cells of proximal part of lamina rectangular, thin to moderately thick-walled, becoming slightly shorter and narrower towards the leaf apex. Specialized asexual reproduction by rhizoidal tubers. Sexual condition dioicous; perichaetial leaves with a sheathing base, abruptly narrowed to a short subula about as long as the base or shorter. Seta yellowish, brown to orange-brown with age, to 2.5 cm or sometimes longer, erect. Capsule erect and symmetric or slightly curved, brown to reddish brown, narrowly ellipsoid to cylindric, 1-2 mm, smooth or indistinctly furrowed when dry; operculum obliquely conic-rostrate, blunt, 0.3-0.7 mm; peristome divided by perforations into 2 ± adhering divisions, 200-220 µm, finely papillose. Spores 13-16 µm, appearing smooth or very finely verrucose, brown.
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Distribution

Ditrichum lineare world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID 35132790
WFO ID wfo-0001164922
COL ID 36ZB2
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INPN ID 4818
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Synonyms

Trichodon nodulosus Trichostomum vaginans Didymodon linearis Ditrichum lineare Trichostomum nodulosum Ditrichum vaginans

Lower taxons

Ditrichum lineare var. lamyi