Rhizomnium appalachianum T.J.Kop.

Appalachian rhizomnium moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Bryales > Mniaceae > Rhizomnium

Characteristics

Plants 4-8(-12) cm. Stems dark reddish brown or brown when old; micronemata present. Leaves green or dark green, slightly or moderately contorted, broadly elliptic, obovate, or rarely orbicular, 6.5-10(-13) mm; margins reddish, brown, rarely green, or blackish with age, 2-stratose; apex rounded or sometimes retuse, bluntly apiculate; costa percurrent, rarely subpercurrent or ending well before apex; medial laminal cells elongate or short-elongate, (50-)100-180(-210) µm, not or weakly collenchymatous, walls rarely weakly pitted; marginal cells linear, in 2-3(-4) rows. Sexual condition dioicous. Seta 1.5-3.5 cm. Capsule oblong or cylindric, 2-3 mm; operculum conic-rostrate; exostome yellow-brown, lamellae 18+. Spores 29-41 µm.
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Identifiers

LSID 35141365
WFO ID wfo-0001170009
COL ID 4SCPP
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INPN ID 771131
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Synonyms

Rhizomnium appalachianum