Tortula nevadensis (Cardot & Thér.) R.H.Zander

Nevada pottia moss (en)

Species

Bryophytes > Pottiales > Pottiaceae > Tortula

Characteristics

Leaves ovate to obovate or elliptical, apex acute, short-awned, sometimes long, margins plane or rarely weakly recurved medially, not bordered; costa long-excurrent, lacking an adaxial pad of cells, distally narrow, 2-3 cells across adaxial surface; distal laminal cells subquadrate or occasionally hexagonal, 16-22 µm wide, 1(-2):1, smooth. Sexual condition autoicous. Sporophytes exerted. Seta 1-1.4 cm. Capsule stegocarpic, not systylius (but columella falls with operculum), obovate to cylindric, erect and nearly straight, urn 0.8-1.6 mm; peristome absent; operculum 0.6-1 mm. Spores 23-30 µm, spheric, granulose-papillose papillose.
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Identifiers

LSID 35188628
WFO ID wfo-0001198652
COL ID 57HVF
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Synonyms

Pottia nevadensis Tortula nevadensis