Splachnum luteum Hedw.

Yellow moosedung moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Splachnales > Splachnaceae > Splachnum

Characteristics

Plants light green or yellow-green. Stems 1.5-3.5 cm. Leaves somewhat crowded at stem apices, oblong-obovate, 5-6 mm; margins bluntly serrate to subentire distally, indistinctly bordered; apex slender-acuminate; costa disappearing in acumen somewhat before apex. Seta greenish yellow to orange-red, 2-15.5 cm, slightly twisted. Capsule urn orange-brown, 1-1.5 mm; hypophysis bright yellow, discoid-umbrelliform, much wider than urn, smooth; operculum hemispheric, blunt; exostome teeth inserted below mouth, approximate in pairs, orange-brown. Spores subspheric, 7-9 µm, yellow-green.
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LSID 35176411
WFO ID wfo-0001190489
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Synonyms

Apodanthus aphyllus Splachnum luteum Splachnum luteum var. luteum