Tortula acaulon (With.) R.H.Zander

Toothed phascum moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Pottiales > Pottiaceae > Tortula

Characteristics

Leaves ovate to oblong-lanceolate, apex acute, mucronate to short-awned, occasionally comparatively long-awned, margins recurved proximally to nearly plane, not or weakly bordered distally with slightly thicker-walled cells; costa excurrent, lacking an adaxial pad of cells, distally narrow, 2(-3) cells across adaxial surface; distal laminal cells distally quadrate-hexagonal, width 13-17 µm, 1:1, weakly simply papillose or smooth. Sexual condition autoicous. Sporophytes immersed. Seta very short. Capsule cleistocarpic, spheric to very short-ellipsoid, erect, mostly 0.9-1.3 mm; peristome absent; operculum not differentiated. Spores (25-)33-40 µm, spheric, densely papillose.
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID 35188847
WFO ID wfo-0001198835
COL ID 57HSV
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INPN ID 435854
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Synonyms

Phascum cuspidatum Phascum piliferum Tortula acaulon Phascum acaulon Phascum acaulon var. schreberianum Phascum cuspidatum var. henrici Phascum cuspidatum var. piliferum Phascum cuspidatum var. schreberianum Astomum cuspidatum var. piliferum Astomum cuspidatum var. schreberianum Microbryum floerkeanum var. henrici Tortula acaulon var. pilifera Tortula acaulon var. schreberiana

Lower taxons

Tortula acaulon var. curviseta Tortula acaulon var. affinis Tortula acaulon var. diaphora Tortula acaulon var. elata Tortula acaulon var. mitriformis Tortula acaulon var. papillosa