Physcomitrella patens (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp.

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Species

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Characteristics

Plants to 5 mm. Stems to 3.5 mm. Leaves to 2.5 × 1 mm, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate to obovate, acuminate, not or weakly concave, margin of lanceolate leaves somewhat reflexed when dry, serrulate in distal 1/3, rarely below leaf median; costa ending near apex; proximal cells 65-135 × 15-45 µm, distal cells 36-66 × 12-27 µm; marginal cells sometimes longer that medial laminal cells, reaching 150 µm. Calyptra entire at base. Spores 21-33 µm.
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID 35108841
WFO ID wfo-0001151608
COL ID 77HYH
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INPN ID 5637
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Synonyms

Phascum lucasianum Phascum megapolitanum Physcomitrella patens Aphanorrhegma patens Phascum patens Phascum punctatum Ephemerum patens Genthia patens Stanekia patens Ephemerum cohaerens var. lucasianum Ephemerum patens var. megapolitanum Physcomitrella patens var. patens Phascum cohaerens var. lucasianum