Flora of North America species comparison

ovate to oblong-lanceolate, apex acute, mucronate to short-awned, occasionally comparatively long-awned, margins recurved proximally to nearly plane, not or weakly bordered distally with slightly thicker-walled cells;

costa excurrent, lacking an adaxial pad of cells, distally narrow, 2(–3) cells across adaxial surface;

distal laminal cells distally quadrate-hexagonal, width 13–17 µm, 1:1, weakly simply papillose or smooth.

lingulate, apex rounded-acute, apiculate to short-mucronate, margins recurved from base to near the apex, not bordered;

costa subpercurrent, percurrent or very short-excurrent, lacking an adaxial pad of cells but distally narrowing or weakly thickened, 3–4(–5) cells across the convex adaxial surface;

distal laminal cells hexagonal, (12–)15–18 µm wide, 1:1, strongly papillose with 4–5 2-fid papillae.

very short.

1.2–1.5(–2.5) cm.

autoicous.

gonioautoicous.

cleistocarpic, spheric to very short-ellipsoid, erect, mostly 0.9–1.3 mm;

peristome absent;

operculum not differentiated.

stegocarpic, not systylius, cylindric, erect and nearly straight, urn usually 3–4 mm;

peristome length 1000–1500 µm, teeth of 32 filaments twisted at least one full turn, basal membrane 300–600 µm;

operculum 1.3–1.6(–2) mm.

(25–)33–40 µm, spheric, densely papillose.

11–15 µm, spheric, finely papillose.

immersed.

exerted.