Flora of North America species comparison

0.5–2.5 cm.

0.3–2.5 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, lanceolate, 0.6–1.1 mm;

margins serrulate to serrate in distal 1/3;

costa subpercurrent;

distal medial laminal cells rhombic to rhomboidal, 60–95 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 ovate;

perichaetial leaves weakly differentiated, narrowly 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 95–180°, brown to stramineous, pyriform, neck 1/3 urn length;

exothecial cells short-rectangular, walls sinuate;

stomata superficial;

annulus present;

operculum convex-conic;

exostome teeth yellow-brown, narrowly triangular-acute;

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

18–26 µm, ± coarsely papillose.

16–21 µm, finely roughened.

asexual reproduction absent.

asexual reproduction generally present when sterile;

axillary gemmae in dense clusters, spheroid, yellow, green, or orange, leaf primordia 1–4, restricted to apex, peglike.