Dicranella heteromalla

Silky Forklet-moss

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumBryophyta
3. ClassBryopsida
4. OrderDicranales
5. FamilyDicranellaceae

Observations2,798

Plants to 10, rarely 40 mm, in rather shiny, yellow to dark green tufts. Leaves erect to falcate-secund, 2-3 mm, gradually narrowed from a lanceolate base to a subula largely occupied by the costa; margins erect, serrulate in the distal half of the limb; costa excurrent; cells in 1-3 rows above the leaf middle, rather short-rectangular, 11-14 × 4-7 µm. Sexual condition dioicous. Seta 5-15 mm, yellowish. Capsule 1-1.5 mm, suberect or sometimes inclined to horizontal, cylindric, often curved, asymmetric, tapered at the neck, usually ± obliquely furrowed and constricted on 1 side below an oblique mouth; annulus consisting of 1 row of small cells, persistent; operculum long-rostrate; peristome teeth 400-500 µm, divided 1/2 length distally. Spores 14-18 µm, faintly roughened.

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Specimen records

11,487

With media

5,903

Family

Dicranellaceae

Collections

IBUNAM, YPM, NY

Recorded in

United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Dicranella

Image

Dicranella heteromalla 2006.01.08 13.24.53-p1080036.jpg

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