Flora of North America species comparison

1–3(–5) cm.

0.5–8 cm.

stiffly erect when dry, spreading when moist, linear, 4–5 mm;

base sheathing, shoulders well developed, firm;

margins plane, serrulate to serrate distally, teeth paired distally;

apex acuminate, subulate;

costa excurrent, obscure in distal limb;

basal laminal cell walls thin;

medial and distal cells 25–45 × 5–7 µm, prorulae relatively low.

flexuose to crisped when dry, laxly erect to erect-spreading when moist, narrowly lanceolate to linear, 4–7 mm;

base scarcely sheathing, shoulders well developed, firm;

margins revolute, coarsely toothed distally, teeth paired;

apex subulate;

costa excurrent, prominent, distal abaxial surface rough;

basal laminal cell walls thin;

medial and distal cells 4–15 × 4–8 µm, prorulae high.

0.8–3 cm, straight.

0.5–2.5 cm, flexuose.

synoicous;

perichaetial leaves somewhat longer than stem leaves, 6 mm, more strongly clasping.

autoicous or synoicous.

inclined, subglobose to ovoid, asymmetric, 1 mm;

operculum short-conic;

peristome double;

exostome teeth 300–400 µm, strongly transversely barred, finely papillose proximally, smooth distally;

endostome basal membrane present, segments 1/2–2/3 length of teeth and somewhat adherent to them, smooth, cilia absent or rudimentary.

inclined, globose to ovoid, asymmetric, 1.5–2.5 mm;

operculum conic convex;

peristome double;

exostome teeth 375–450 µm, granulose-papillose throughout;

endostome basal membrane high, segments somewhat shorter than teeth, finely seriate-papillose, cilia rudimentary.

25–40 µm.

20–26 µm.