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|accepted_name=Bryum blindii
|accepted_authority=Bruch & Schimper
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bryol. Europ.
|place=4: 163, plate 383. 1846
|year=1846
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Bryaceae;Bryum;Bryum blindii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Bryaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bryum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Bryum blindii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 125, 129
|treatment_page=page 127
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism coloration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>gregarious, green to yellow-green.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem some measurement;stem shape;stem architecture or shape"><b>Stems </b>0.2–1 cm, gemmiform to strongly rounded julaceous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf orientation;leaf shape;leaf shape;leaf atypical some measurement;leaf some measurement"><b>Leaves </b>erect when moist, ovate, somewhat concave, 0.3–1 (–1.2) mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="base coloration">base red;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="margin shape">margins plane;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="apex shape;apex shape;apex coloration">apex broadly acute, not cucullate, not hyaline distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="apiculu presence">costa not reaching apex, apiculus absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="proximal laminal cell shape;proximal laminal cell shape;proximal laminal cell width;proximal laminal cell quantity;proximal laminal cell quantity">proximal laminal cells quadrate or short-rectangular, 8–12 µm wide, 1–2: 1;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="wall shape;wall atypical length;wall atypical length;wall length;wall atypical width;wall width;wall atypical quantity;wall quantity;wall quantity;wall width">distal cells of main (fertile) stem and innovation leaves linear-vermicular to elongate-hexagonal, (60–) 70–90 (–100) × 6–10 (–12) µm, (6–) 8–10: 1, walls thick.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="distal cell development;leaf-axil bulbil reproduction;leaf-axil bulbil architecture;leaf-axil bulbil size"><b>Specialized </b>asexual reproduction by leaf-axil bulbils, leafy, small.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="seta coloration;seta some measurement"><b>Seta </b>red to redbrown, 1–2 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="capsule coloration;capsule shape;capsule some measurement"><b>Capsule </b>red to redbrown, ovate, 1–2 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="hypophysis variability;hypophysis size or width;hypophysis relief">hypophysis differentiated, somewhat thickened and rugose when dry.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="spore some measurement"><b>Spores </b>10–18 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature Jun–Aug (summer).
|habitat=Calcareous mineral soil, soil banks, cold-temperate to arctic-alpine regions
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-3500 m)
|distribution=Greenland;B.C.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Yukon;Calif.;Colo.;Maine;Mont.;n Eurasia
|discussion=<p>One of the two collections of Bryum blindii from Colorado has leaves with strongly excurrent costae and relatively short distal laminal cells (3–5:1); it is not typical material of the species.</p>
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name=Bryum blindii
|authority=Bruch & Schimper
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Bryaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature Jun–Aug (summer).
|habitat=Calcareous mineral soil, soil banks, cold-temperate to arctic-alpine regions
|elevation=low to high elevations (0-3500 m)
|distribution=Greenland;B.C.;N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Yukon;Calif.;Colo.;Maine;Mont.;n Eurasia
|reference=None
|publication title=Bryol. Europ.
|publication year=1846
|special status=
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|genus=Bryum
|species=Bryum blindii
|apex coloration=hyaline
|apex shape=not cucullate;acute
|apiculu presence=absent
|base coloration=red
|capsule coloration=red;redbrown
|capsule shape=ovate
|capsule some measurement=1mm;2mm
|distal cell development=specialized
|hypophysis relief=rugose
|hypophysis size or width=thickened
|hypophysis variability=differentiated
|leaf atypical some measurement=1mm;1.2mm
|leaf orientation=erect
|leaf shape=concave;ovate
|leaf some measurement=0.3mm;1mm
|leaf-axil bulbil architecture=leafy
|leaf-axil bulbil reproduction=asexual
|leaf-axil bulbil size=small
|margin shape=plane
|proximal laminal cell quantity=1;1;2
|proximal laminal cell shape=short-rectangular;quadrate
|proximal laminal cell width=8um;12um
|seta coloration=red;redbrown
|seta some measurement=1cm;2cm
|spore some measurement=10um;18um
|stem architecture or shape=julaceous
|stem shape=gemmiform;strongly rounded
|stem some measurement=0.2cm;1cm
|wall atypical length=90um;100um
|wall atypical quantity=6;8
|wall atypical width=10um;12um
|wall length=70um;90um
|wall quantity=1;8;10
|wall shape=elongate-hexagonal
|wall width=thick;6um;10um
|whole_organism coloration=green;yellow-green
|whole_organism growth form=plant;gregarious
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