Philonotis marchica (Hedw.) Brid.

Philonotis moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants small, in loose to dense tufts, yellowish or bright green, brown proximally. Stems 1-6 cm, erect, simple or 2-fid, tomentose proximally. Leaves erect-spreading when dry, somewhat divergent when moist, triangular-to slightly ovate-lanceolate, 1-2.3 mm; margins plane or sometimes narrowly revolute, serrulate nearly to base, teeth single; apex acuminate; costa percurrent to long-excurrent, abaxial surface weakly papillose; laminal cells , prorulose, ; basal cells oblong, 18-45 × 6-15 µm; distal cells linear oblong, 20-30 × 4-8 µm. Specialized asexual reproduction by propagula sometimes borne in leaf axils. Sexual condition dioicous; perigonia discoid. Seta 1.5-4 cm, flexuose. Capsule 1-2.5 mm. Spores spheric, 20-30 µm.
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LSID 35107807
WFO ID wfo-0001150951
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INPN ID 4990
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Synonyms

Philonotis rivularis Philonotis umbonata Philonotis laxa Philonotis marchica