familyMniaceae
genusMnium

Mnium stellare

Hedwig

Sp. Musc. Frond., 191, plate 45, figs. 1–4. 1801.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 228. Mentioned on page 223, 225.

Plants 0.5–2 (–5) cm. Stems red or reddish-brown. Leaves green to dark green, slightly contorted and undulate when dry, ovate-elliptic or elliptic, 1.5–2.5 mm; base short to long-decurrent; margins green, 1-stratose, entire or weakly toothed distally, rarely to below mid leaf, teeth single, small, blunt (often rounded), occasionally somewhat paired; apex acute, rounded-acute, or obtuse, sometimes short-apiculate; costa ending well before apex, distal abaxial surface smooth; medial laminal cells ± isodiametric or short-elongate, (15–) 20–32 µm, slightly smaller near margins, not in diagonal rows, sometimes in weak longitudinal rows, weakly collenchymatous, blue postmortal color present in cells; marginal cells indistinctly differentiated from medial cells, short-linear or rhomboidal, in 1 (or 2) rows. Sexual condition dioicous. Seta single. Capsule pale to dark-brown, 2–3 mm; operculum conic-mammillate; exostome yellowish-brown. Spores 20–29 µm.


Phenology: Capsules mature late spring.
Habitat: Base of trees, stumps, soil banks, soil over rock, moist shaded sites
Elevation: low to moderate elevations

Distribution

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B.C., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Ga., Iowa, Maine, Md., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.H., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Europe, Asia, Africa

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Mnium stellare"
blackish +, orange-yellow +, reddish-brown +, yellowish-brown +, yellowish green +, red +, brown +  and yellow +
obtuse +, rounded-acute +  and acute +
Terry T. McIntosh +  and Steven G. Newmaster +
Hedwig +
red +  and yellowish +
long-decurrent +
cucullate +
pale +  and dark-brown +
horizontal;pendent +
oblong-cylindric +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
undifferentiated +
2 +  and 1 +
nodulose +
excurrent +  and percurrent +
ending well before apex +  and subpercurrent +
toothed +
B.C. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Ga. +, Iowa +, Maine +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +, Europe +, Asia +  and Africa +
low to moderate elevations +
brown +  and yellowish +
yellowish-brown +
lanceolate-acuminate +
Base of trees, stumps, soil banks, soil over rock, moist shaded sites +
crowded +  and distant +
green +  and dark green +
spreading +, erect-spreading +  and patent +
elliptic +, ovate-elliptic +  and undulate +
larger +  and small +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
toothed +  and entire +
dioicous +  and sexual +
rhomboidal +  and short-linear +
short-elongate +  and isodiametric +
conic-mammillate +
Capsules mature late spring. +
Sp. Musc. Frond., +
smaller +  and larger +
flexuose +  and straight +
elongate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
spheric +
not dendroid +, branched +  and simple +
reddish-brown +  and red +
Mnium stellare +
species +
open;compact +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +