Myurella tenerrima
Musc. Scand., 37. 1879.
Illustrated
Basionym: Pterigynandrum tenerrimum Bridel Muscol. Recent., suppl. 4: 132. 1818
Plants pale green to yellow-green. Stem-leaves erect to spreading, distant, round to ovate, 0.3–0.4 mm; margins serrulate; apex shortly acuminate-apiculate; distal laminal cells faintly prorulose abaxially.
Habitat: Moist calcareous habitats, fens, rock crevices, tundra meadows
Elevation: low to high elevations
Distribution
Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Europe, n Asia, n Africa
Discussion
Myurella tenerrima is an Arctic and northern boreal species. This species is similar to M. julacea in color and general habit, but has widely spaced leaves that end in a well-developed, often recurved apiculus. The species differs from M. sibirica in features of the leaf papillae and margins.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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acuminate-apiculate +
symmetric +
cylindric +
not differentiated +
weak +
single +
2-fid +
Present +
1-papillose +
distant +
round;ovate +
erect;widespreading +
serrulate +
erect +
subentire +
prostrate +
absent +
foliose +
Musc. Scand., +
1879 +
Illustrated +
often somewhat larger +
simple;irregularly branched +
erect;more or less creeping +
Myurella tenerrima +
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thread-like +
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