Microbryum starckeanum var. brachyodus
Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 32: 240. 1993,.
Basionym: Anacalypta starckeana var. brachyodus Bruch & Schimper Bryol. Europ. 2: 47. 1843
Synonyms: Pottia arizonica var. mucronulata Wareham Pottia starckeana var. brachyodus (Bruch & Schimper) Müller Hal.
Stem-leaves very shortly mucronate. Capsule stegocarpous, peristome absent or rudimentary. Spores smooth or tuberculate.
Phenology: Capsules mature late winter or early spring (Jan–Mar).
Habitat: Soil
Elevation: low to moderate elevations (0-700 m)
Distribution
Ariz., Calif., sw Asia, n Africa
Discussion
Variety brachyodus has a rudimentary peristome (as an irregular proximal membrane) or the peristome absent. The capsule mouth is commonly oblique and constricted when dry, and the costa is only shortly excurrent as a mucro (M. starckeanum var. starckeanum has short awns).
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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absent +
differentiated +
absent +
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not mammillose +
revoluble +
persistent +
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of 1;2 rows +
acute +
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differentiated +
usually slightly wider +
trabeculate +
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usually ovate;oblong +
not differentiated +
obovoid +
papillose +
stegocarpous +
cylindrical +
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brownish +
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rhomboidal;shortrectangular;quadrate;hexagonal +
spiculose +
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central +
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appressed +
spreading +
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low-conic +
photosynthetic +
tall +
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straight +
oblique +
1;2 +
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Microbryum starckeanum var. brachyodus +
Microbryum starckeanum +
variety +
apiculate +
ovate;short elliptical +
reflexed +
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brown;reddish-brown +
occasionally smaller than the perichaetiate +