Entodon sullivantii (Müll.Hal.) Lindb.

Sullivant's entodon moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Hypnales > Entodontaceae > Entodon

Characteristics

Plants in thin mats, green to yellow-green. Stems to 6 cm, subpinnate, branches terete-foliate, sometimes appearing somewhat complanate-foliate. Leaves erect, oblong-ovate, 1.8-2 mm; margins plane, entire proximally, serrulate distally; apex acute to gradually short-acuminate; ecostate or costa double, short; alar region ± abruptly differentiated, 1-stratose, not reaching costa. Sexual condition autoicous. Seta reddish, 1.4-1.7 cm. Capsule cylindric, 2-2.7 mm; annulus 3-seriate, persistent; operculum obliquely rostrate; exostome teeth brown, external surface cross striolate proximally, papillose to smooth apically, not perforate; endostome segments smooth to lightly roughened. Spores 10-13(-19) µm.
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Identifiers

LSID 35134858
WFO ID wfo-0001166196
COL ID 6FD5T
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Synonyms

Entodon sullivantii Entodon curvatirameus Cylindrothecium gracilescens Entodon sullivantii var. sullivantii

Lower taxons

Entodon sullivantii var. versicolor