familyOedipodiaceae
genusOedipodium
Show Lower Taxa
Oedipodium
Sp. Musc. Frond. Suppl. 2(1,1): 15. 1823 ,.
Etymology: Greek oidema, swelling or tumor, and Latin podium, platform, alluding to capsule neck
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Oedipodium griffithianum | Patricia M. Eckel |
Stems of nearly uniform, thin-walled cells. Leaves soft and fleshy when moist, somewhat shrunken when dry, 2–3 mm. Brood bodies light-green, stalked, triangular-discoid, up to 300 µm across, with growing points at either side. Capsule brown or redbrown, urn 1–1.2 (–2) mm; exothecial cells irregularly hexagonal with thick brown walls, broader than long in 3–8 rows at the mouth, the cells of the neck longer and wider with pale, thin walls. Spores 30–38 µm, papillae small, blunt, club-shaped.
Distribution
North America, s South America, Eurasia, Atlantic Islands
Discussion
Species 1.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"um" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."wider" is not a number.
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absent +
stalked +
triangular-discoid +
light-green +
discoid +
asexual +
thin-walled +
specialized +
longer +
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uniform +
naked +
deciduous +
cucullate +
small +
wide-mouthed +
erect +
flexuose +
included +
single +
broad +
hexagonal +
crowded +
remote +
rounded-obtuse +
fleshy +
hollow +
long +
tapered +
fleshy +
apiculate +
crowded +
small +
differentiated +
absent +
branched +
thallose +
Sp. Musc. Frond. Suppl. +
3;8 +
long +
absent +
single +
tetrahedral +
simple +
larger +
erect +
forked +
numerous +
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