Flora of North America species comparison

0.5–2.5 cm.

0.2–0.4 cm.

erect to ± spreading, lanceolate to elliptic, 0.8–2 mm;

margins serrulate to serrate in distal 1/3;

costa subpercurrent;

distal medial laminal cells linear-rhomboidal, vermicular, firm, 70–140 µm, walls thin.

erect-spreading to spreading, lanceolate, 0.6–1.2 mm;

base not or scarcely decurrent;

margins weakly serrulate in distal 1/3;

costa ending well before apex;

distal medial laminal cells laxly and broadly rhomboidal, 65–110 × 10–12 µm, walls thin.

orange to orange-brown.

orange-brown.

paroicous, rarely dioicous;

perigonial leaves in dioicous plants linear- or long-lanceolate from ovate base;

perichaetial leaves strongly or rarely weakly differentiated, linear-lanceolate.

dioicous;

perigonial leaves to 3 mm;

perichaetial leaves scarcely differentiated, lanceolate.

inclined 10–135°, stramineous to orange-brown, long- and slender-pyriform, neck 1/2 urn length;

exothecial cells elongate-rectangular, walls straight;

stomata superficial;

annulus present;

operculum conic;

exostome teeth yellow-brown to red-brown, acute-triangular;

endostome hyaline, basal membrane 1/2 exostome length, segments broadly keeled, broadly perforate, cilia short to long.

inclined ± 180°, brown to red-brown, sometimes stramineous, short-pyriform to urceolate, neck less than 1/3 urn length;

exothecial cells isodiametric, walls sinuate;

stomata superficial;

annulus absent;

operculum short- to long-conic;

exostome teeth dark brown to red-brown, triangular-acute;

endostome yellow to yellow-brown, basal membrane 1/2 exostome length, segments tapered apically, distinctly keeled, broadly perforate, cilia long, nodulose.

18–26 µm, ± coarsely papillose.

15–21 µm, finely roughened.

asexual reproduction absent.

asexual reproduction absent.