Philonotis capillaris Lindb.

Philonotis moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Bartramiales > Bartramiaceae > Philonotis

Characteristics

Plants small to medium-sized, delicate, scattered or in lax tufts, yellowish to light green. Stems 1-3 cm, weakly erect to procumbent, simple, tomentose proximally. Leaves erect when dry, erect-spreading when moist, lanceolate, 0.5-1.5 mm; margins plane to narrowly revolute, bluntly serrulate nearly to base, teeth single, projecting from distal ends of marginal cells; apex acuminate; costa excurrent, distal abaxial surface rough; laminal cells , prorulose at distal or sometimes proximal ends on abaxial side, ; basal cells short-rectangular to quadrate, shorter, broader than distal, 40 × 7 µm; medial and distal cells oblong, 10-30 × 5-7 µm. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sexual condition dioicous; perigonia discoid. Seta 2-3 cm, straight or flexuose. Capsule 1.3-2 mm. Spores subreniform, 20-26 µm.
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LSID 35107573
WFO ID wfo-0001150830
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INPN ID 786459
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Synonyms

Philonotis vancouveriensis Philonotis capillaris Philonotis macounii Bartramia bernoullii

Lower taxons

Philonotis capillaris var. gemmiclada