Iwatsukiella leucotricha
J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 44: 352. 1978.
Illustrated
Basionym: Heterocladium leucotrichum Mitten Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3: 176. 1891
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 367.
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Plants tightly attached to substrate. Stems stoloniferous. Stem-leaves slightly reflexed when moist, 0.5–1 × 0.3–0.4 mm. Seta 0.4–0.7 cm. Capsule exserted, dark-brown, 0.7–1 mm; exostome teeth smooth proximally, papillose distally; endostome rudimentary. Spores 12–30 µm.
Habitat: Trees, rock
Elevation: low to moderate elevations
Distribution
B.C., Alaska, Oreg., Wash., e Europe, e Asia (China), e Asia (Japan), e Asia (North Korea), e Asia (Russian Far East)
Discussion
In Oregon and Washington, Iwatsukiella leucotricha occurs on trees along fog-drenched coastal ridges. Collections from British Columbia were made from trees in coastal bogs and swamps; this species has also been collected on rock in Alaska.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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long-piliferous +
symmetric +
dark-brown +
erect +
exserted +
oblong-cylindric +
not differentiated +
single +
2-fid +
rudimentary +
papillose +
Present +
imbricate +
appressed +
erect;erect-spreading or occasionally squarrose +
recurved +
plane +
prostrate +
absent +
foliose +
J. Hattori Bot. Lab. +
1978 +
Illustrated +
0.5mm;1mm +
reflexed +
often somewhat larger +
0.3mm;0.4mm +
stoloniferous +
erect;more or less creeping +
Iwatsukiella leucotricha +
Iwatsukiella +
species +
thick +
wiry +
yellowish +
attached +
small +