Flora of North America species comparison

0.8–10 cm.

0.4–2.5 cm.

laxly spreading to more stiffly erect, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 0.6–1.2 mm;

margins weakly to strongly serrulate in distal 1/3;

costa ending well before apex;

distal medial laminal cells laxly and broadly hexagonal to rhomboidal, 65–110 µm, walls thin.

erect to ± spreading, ovate-lanceolate, 0.7–1.5 mm;

margins strongly recurved, serrulate to serrate in distal 1/3;

costa subpercurrent;

distal medial laminal cells rhombic, 18–50 µm, walls thick, ± porose.

orange-brown.

orange-brown.

dioicous;

perigonial leaves ovate;

perichaetial leaves weakly differentiated, lanceolate.

dioicous;

perigonial leaves broadly short-ovate;

perichaetial leaves weakly differentiated, elongate-lanceolate.

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 immersed;

annulus absent;

operculum short- to long-conic;

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

endostome hyaline to yellow, basal membrane 1/2 exostome length or slightly longer, segments tapered apically, distinctly keeled, broadly perforate, cilia long, nodulose.

inclined 0–20°, brown to stramineous, narrowly pyriform, neck 1/3 urn length;

exothecial cells short-rectangular, walls sinuate;

stomata superficial;

annulus present;

operculum bluntly to acutely conic;

exostome teeth yellow to brown, narrowly triangular-acute;

endostome hyaline, basal membrane scarcely exceeding capsule rim, segments narrow, weakly keeled, distinctly perforate, cilia absent to rudimentary.

15–21 µm, finely roughened.

14–19 µm, finely roughened.

asexual reproduction absent.

asexual reproduction absent.