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California Entosthodon Moss

Entosthodon californicus H. Crum & L. E. Anderson 1955

Description

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Plants 1-2 mm, dull yellow green. Leaves contorted and crispate when dry, oblong to oblong ovate, imbricate, concave, mostly about 1 mm; margins entire and not bordered; apices broadly acute to rounded, often with a 1-2-celled apiculus; costa ending 4-6 cells before the tip; basal laminal cells rectangular (50-70 × 15-22 µm), distal cells nearly quadrate. Seta brownish yellow, 4-6 mm, not hygroscopic. Capsule ovoid-pyriform, the apophysis forming about half the length, 1.5-2 mm, somewhat sulcate when dry and empty; exothecial cells thickened, narrowly oblong and transversely elongate in 7-9 rows proximal to the mouth; operculum short convex-conic; peristome yellowish brown, lanceolate with trabeculae, papillose basally and nearly smooth at the tips; endostome segments shorter that the teeth, papillose. Calyptra cucullate, long-beaked, inflated around the capsule, large, smooth. Spores 15-18 µm, bacculate-insulate.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 27: 184, 185 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Synonym

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Funaria californica Sullivant & Lesquereux, Musc. Bor.-Amer. ed. 2, 41. 1865
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of North America Vol. 27: 184, 185 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of North America @ eFloras.org
editor
Flora of North America Editorial Committee
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras