Flora of North America species comparison

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Schistostega pennata

goblin gold, goblin's gold, goblin's gold moss, luminescent moss, luminous moss, schistostega moss
Leaves

of sterile shoots 0.5–1.2 mm, ecostate, median cells smooth, oblong-rhomboidal, thin-walled, 16–20 µm wide, decurrent, confluent at the base, margin entire, weakly bordered by narrow, elongated cells.
Seta

2–5 mm.
Capsule

erect, light brown, smooth, subglobose or ovoid, annulus absent.
Spores

yellowish green, pitted-reticulate, 10–13 µm.
Protonemal

gemmae sticky, obclavate, 80–200 × 15–20 µm, 3–4 cells in length, tapering and thickened near apex.

Schistostega pennata
Phenology Capsules mature late spring–early summer.
Habitat Usually found on mineral soil in crevices on lower, sheltered parts of upturned tree root wads, ceilings of caves, crevices in soil banks, animal burrows, rarely on the shaded sides of deep pits along the upper banks of perennial streams, occasionally on rock
Elevation low to high elevations (0-1700 m) (low to high elevations (0-5600 ft))
Distribution
from FNA
AK; ID; ME; MI; MN; MT; NH; NY; OH; OR; RI; VT; WA; WI; AB; BC; NB; NF; NS; ON; QC; Eurasia
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Source FNA vol. 27, p. 475.
Parent taxa Schistostegaceae > Schistostega
Synonyms Gymnostomum pennatum, S. osmundacea
Name authority (Hedwig) F. Weber & D. Mohr: Index Mus. Pl. Crypt., [2]. (1803)
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