Flora of North America species comparison

0.8–10 cm.

0.4–0.8 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, lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, 0.7–1.2 mm;

margins serrulate to serrate in distal 1/3;

costa subpercurrent;

distal medial laminal cells rhomboidal, 35–60 µm, walls thin.

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 light brown, narrowly triangular;

endostome hyaline, basal membrane scarcely exceeding capsule rim, segments slightly tapered, weakly keeled, ± perforate, cilia absent.

15–21 µm, finely roughened.

15–21 µm, finely roughened.

asexual reproduction absent.

asexual reproduction absent.