Physcomitrium pyriforme (Hedw.) Hampe

Common bladder moss (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Plants light green or yellowish green. Stems 0.2-15(-25) cm. Leaves obovate to ovate-lanceolate, distal leaves 2-5 mm; margins toothed, sometimes nearly smooth distally; percurrent to rarely short-excurrent. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Seta (1-)6-15(-30) mm. Capsule exserted, 1-3 mm, globose-pyriform when young, highly variable in shape when old, urceolate to pyriform; neck short, distinct; exothecial cells irregular hexagonal; suboral cells consisting of 5-17 rows of rectangular cells. Spores (24-)46-60(-90) µm, papillose.
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Images

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Distribution

Physcomitrium pyriforme world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID 35109011
WFO ID wfo-0001151718
COL ID 4HGS2
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INPN ID 786715
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Synonyms

Physcomitrium subserratum Physcomitrium californicum Physcomitrium kellermanii Physcomitrium rufipes Physcomitrium strangulatum Gymnostomum pyriforme Gymnostomum tortipes Gymnostomum turbinatum Physcomitrium australe Physcomitrium conicum Physcomitrium drummondii Physcomitrium megalocarpum Physcomitrium microcarpum Physcomitrium platyphyllum Physcomitrium pygmaeum Physcomitrium pyriforme Physcomitrium turbinatum Gymnostomum dilatatum Gymnostomum splachnoideum Physcomitrium hookeri var. serratum Physcomitrium pyriforme subsp. rostellatum Physcomitrium pyriforme var. floridanum Physcomitrium pyriforme var. langloisii Physcomitrium martianovii var. majus