Amblyodon

P. Beauvois

Mag. Encycl. 5: 323. 1804.

Etymology: Greek amblys, blunt, obtuse, and odon, tooth, alluding to peristome
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 31. Mentioned on page 30, 666.
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Leaves loosely erect to erect-spreading, not 3-ranked, narrowly oblong; margins plane; laminal cells oblong-rhombic to oblong-hexagonal, surface not bulging, smooth, walls thin, lax; basal-cells same size as distal cells.

Distribution

North America, Europe, Asia

Discussion

Species 1.

Amblyodon is characteristically found in calcareous fens and meadows.

Selected References

None.

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acute;rounded-obtuse +
Dale H. Vitt +
P. Beauvois +
cucullate +
clavate;pyriform +
mammillose +  and smooth +
North America +, Europe +  and Asia +
Greek amblys, blunt, obtuse, and odon, tooth, alluding to peristome +
not 3-ranked +
loosely erect;erect-spreading +
Mag. Encycl. +
slender +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
simple;sparsely branched +
erect;ascending +
Amblyodon +
Meesiaceae +