Platydictya confervoides

(Bridel) H. A. Crum

Michigan Bot. 3: 60. 1964.

Illustrated
Basionym: Hypnum confervoides Bridel Muscol. Recent., suppl. 2: 153. 1812
Synonyms: Amblystegiella confervoides (Bridel) Loeske Amblystegium confervoides (Bridel) Schimper A. pseudoconfervoides Kindberg Serpoleskea confervoides (Bridel) Loeske
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 284. Mentioned on page 282.

Plants dense, rigid, dark green to yellowbrown. Stems with branching angle wide, branches firmly attached; pseudoparaphyllia foliose; rhizoids below or at abaxial leaf insertion, redbrown, smooth. Leaves erect-spreading, 0.1–0.3 mm; base not much narrowed to insertion; margins entire or nearly so; alar cells subquadrate, region of 3–6+ cells; distal laminal cells oblong-rhombic, 2–3 (–4):1. Specialized asexual reproduction absent. Sexual condition autoicous; perichaetial leaf margins entire or obscurely serrulate distally. Seta 0.6–0.8 cm. Capsule inclined to horizontal or rarely suberect, shortly oblong-cylindric, asymmetric, 0.8–1.2 mm, contracted below mouth when dry, neck short; stomata at base of capsule; annulus 2-seriate; operculum convex-conic, stoutly apiculate; exostome teeth yellowbrown; endostome cilia in groups of 2 or 3, well developed. Spores 11–13 µm.


Habitat: Moist, shaded limestone rock, stream valleys
Elevation: low to moderate elevations

Distribution

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Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., Que., Yukon, Ala., Alaska, Ark., Conn., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Md., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., S.Dak., Tenn., Vt., Va., Wis., Europe, w Asia

Discussion

Diagnostic features of Platydictya confervoides include entire or obscurely serrulate leaf margins and short laminal cells, as well as a rupestral habitat.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"narrower" is not a number.

... more about "Platydictya confervoides"
not +  and separating +
acuminate +
Howard A. Crum† +  and Lars Hedenäs +
(Bridel) H. A. Crum +
not decurrent +
Hypnum confervoides +
cucullate +
curved +  and straight +
inclined +  and horizontal or rarely suberect +
oblong-cylindric +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
3 +  and 6 +
subquadrate +
differentiated +
appendiculate +
double +  and single +
2 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
autoicous +, sexual +  and asexual +
Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Yukon +, Ala. +, Alaska +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wis. +, Europe +  and w Asia +
low to moderate elevations +
brownish +  and yellowbrown +
short +  and narrow +
Moist, shaded limestone rock, stream valleys +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +
erect-appressed +  and loosely spreading +
lanceolate +
serrulate +  and entire +
erect-spreading +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +
nearly +  and entire +
dioicous +, autoicous +  and sexual +
multistratose +  and 1-stratose +
short-rhomboidal +, oblong-rhombic +  and subquadrate +
convex-conic +
obovate +, oblong +, ovate +  and lanceolate +
Michigan Bot. +
inconspicuous +
granular-papillose +  and smooth +
granular-papillose +  and smooth +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
Amblystegiella confervoides +, Amblystegium confervoides +, A. pseudoconfervoides +  and Serpoleskea confervoides +
Platydictya confervoides +
Platydictya +
species +
incrassate +
dark green +  and yellowbrown +
transitional +