Schistidium cryptocarpum Mogensen & H.H.Blom

Schistidium moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Grimmiales > Grimmiaceae > Schistidium

Characteristics

Plants in cushions or low, sometimes extensive tufts, olivaceous or yellowish brown. Stems 0.8-2.5 cm, central strand distinct. Leaves erect or curved, rarely falcate, imbricate when dry, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, strongly keeled distally, (0.9-)1.4-2(-2.3) mm, 1-stratose; margins usually recurved to just before the apex, proximally often more broadly recurved on one side of leaf, distal 1/3 often plane, smooth, 1-stratose with 2-stratose sections; apices acute or sub-obtuse; costa excurrent as a denticulate, flexuose, usually strongly decurrent awn, often embracing part of the lamina, smooth; basal marginal cells short-rectangular, occasionally with transverse walls thicker than longitudinal walls; distal cells mainly short-rectangular or quadrate, 7-10(-11.5) µm wide, smooth, usually strongly sinuose. Sexual condition autoicous. Capsule orange-brown or reddish brown, campanulate, 0.5-0.6 mm; exothecial cells short-elongate or isodiametric, often more or less quadrate, thin-walled or slightly thickened, small trigones usually present; stomata present; operculum rostrate; peristome rudimentary, consisting of basal segments, or absent, yellowish, papillose. Spores 8-12 µm, verruculose.
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LSID 35184185
WFO ID wfo-0001195807
COL ID 6XVRV
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Synonyms

Schistidium cryptocarpum