Flora of North America species comparison

oblong-lanceolate to obovate or long-elliptic, apex rounded-acute, mucronate to short-awned, margins recurved at base or somewhat higher, not bordered or bordered at base with 3–5 rows of thicker-walled cells, 1–3:1;

costa excurrent, lacking an adaxial pad of cells, distally very gradually narrowing, 3–5 cells across the weakly convex adaxial surface;

distal laminal cells rounded-hexagonal, 14–20(–28) µm wide, 1:1, not papillose or very weakly so.

obovate to spatulate, apex broadly acute or occasionally rounded, short-awned, margins weakly recurved proximally or occasionally plane, weakly bordered distally with 2–4 rows of slightly thicker-walled cells;

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

distal laminal cells irregularly hexagonal or sometimes rectangular, width 20–25(–29) µm wide, 1(–2):1, smooth or 1-papillose (best seen in section).

1–2 cm.

0.4–0.6 cm.

autoicous.

autoicous.

stegocarpic, not systylius, cylindric, erect and nearly straight, urn 3–6 mm;

peristome 1700–2000 µm, teeth of 32 filaments twisted at least 1 full turn, basal membrane high, ca. 1000 µm;

operculum ca. 1–2 mm.

stegocarpic, not systylius, short-cylindric, erect and nearly straight, urn 1–1.5 mm;

peristome absent or rudimentary;

operculum ca. 0.5 mm.

12–18 µm, spheric, finely papillose.

30–35 µm, spheric, densely papillose.

exerted.

exerted.