Bruchia Moss

Bruchia vogesiaca is much like B. bolanderi, but is a larger plant with a more strongly defined costa.

Distal leaves long-subulate, 1.8-4.7 mm, leaf base weakly dif-ferentiated, long-oblong to long-elliptical; distal laminal cells long-rectangular. Sexual condition autoicous. Seta 3-7 mm. Capsule neck long-tapering and almost cylindric. Spores warty. Calyptra smooth

Plants very small, up to 6 mm high, yellowish green to brown, in loose tufts. Stems simple; central strand absent. Leaves linear-subulate from a linear to narrowly oblong-ovate base, 1.2–1.4 mm × 0.2–0.3 mm; margins entire or serrulate at the apex; costa subpercurrent to percurrent; upper cells linear oblong to irregular, 22–31 µm × 8–11 µm; lower cells linear-rectangular, 26–34 µm × 8–13 µm. Autoicous. Setae ca. 2.8 mm long; capsules cylindric to oblong-pyriform, ca. 2.5 mm × 0.4 mm, neck slender, ½ –¾ of the total capsule length. Calyptrae not seen. Spores warty (as reported by Rushing 1986).

Distribution: China, Europe, and North America.

Habitat: on soil near stream.

Bruchia longicollis Eaton