Flora of North America species comparison

leaves triangular-lingulate, 1.2–1.6 mm, broadly apex acute to narrowly truncate and toothed, border narrow or indistinct at base (less than 0.25 the width);

hyaline cells rhomboid, mostly 0–1-septate;

convex surface with membrane pleats, concave surface with 1–3 rounded membrane gaps occupying most of cell.

leaves to 1.3 × 0.7 mm; rarely hemiisophyllous;

hyaline cells non-ornamented, mostly septate.

somewhat 5-ranked.

generally short and blunt, leaves spreading.

ovate-lanceolate, 1.3–2 mm, strongly concave, apex strongly involute;

margins entire to somewhat toothed near apex, hyaline cells on convex surface with numerous ringed elliptic pores (6–10) along commissures, concave surface mostly aporose except near margins;

Sexual condition dioicous or monoicous.

broadly ovate, 1.7 × 1 mm;

hyaline cells on convex surface with round to elliptic pores along the commissures, hyaline cell walls covered with papillae where overlying chlorophyllous cells; chlorophyllous cells trapezoidal to truncate-elliptic in transverse section, equally exposed on both surfaces or less exposed on convex surface, end walls thickened.

dioicous.

with numerous pseudostomata.

21–23 µm; minutely papillose.

26–36 µm; more roughly papillose on distal surface than proximal surface, distinct raised, bifurcated-Y mark sculpture on distal surface;

proximal laesura 0.5 spore radius or more.

fascicles with 2 spreading and 1–2 pendent branches.

fascicles with 2 spreading and 2–3 pendent branches.;

branch stems with hyaline cells non-ornamented, no or weak funnel-like projections on the interior end walls, mostly with 1 pore per cell on superficial cell wall.