Splachnum rubrum Hedw.

Brilliant red dung 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, obovate, 5-7.5 mm; margins coarsely serrate distally, toothed nearly to base, indistinctly bordered; apex long-acuminate; costa disappearing in acumen somewhat before apex. Seta orange-red, 5-13 cm, straight. Capsule urn orange-brown, 1-1.5 mm; hypophysis bright magenta red, convex-umbrelliform, much wider than urn, smooth; operculum hemispheric, blunt; exostome teeth inserted below mouth, not connate or in pairs, brownish or orange-brown. Spores subspheric, 11-13 µm, yellow-green.
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Identifiers

LSID 35176444
WFO ID wfo-0001190508
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Synonyms

Splachnum rubrum