Oedipodium

Schwägrichen

Sp. Musc. Frond. Suppl. 2(1,1): 15. 1823 ,.

Etymology: Greek oidema, swelling or tumor, and Latin podium, platform, alluding to capsule neck
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 117. Mentioned on page 116.
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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.

"um" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."wider" is not a number.

... more about "Oedipodium"
Howard A. Crum† +
Schwägrichen +
triangular-discoid +
light-green +
thin-walled +
specialized +
autoicous +, synoicous +  and sexual +
cucullate +
redbrown +  and brown +
hemispheric +  and subglobose +
North America +, s South America +, Eurasia +  and Atlantic Islands +
Greek oidema, swelling or tumor, and Latin podium, platform, alluding to capsule neck +
rounded-obtuse +
shrunken +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
undulate +  and plane +
tapered +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
convex +  and umbonate +
club--shaped +  and blunt +
Sp. Musc. Frond. Suppl. +
tetrahedral +
Oedipodium +
Oedipodiaceae +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
pale +  and brown +
thin +  and thick +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
dark green +  and light-green +
plant +  and gregarious +