Entosthodon wigginsii

Steere

Bryologist 41: 36, figs. 1–8. 1938,.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 185. Mentioned on page 183.
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Plants 2–5 mm, yellow green, the main axis often arising from a fleshy rhizome. Leaves shriveled and distorted when dry, obovate to oblong-spathulate, imbricate, somewhat concave, mostly 2–3 mm; margins serrulate by projecting ends of thin-walled cells; apices acute, sometimes with a short apiculus; costa ending 4–6 cells before the apex; basal laminal cells rectangular (85–120 × 25–30 µm), distal cells irregularly polygonal to hexagonal or oblong-rectangular, a little longer but not otherwise differentiated at the margins. Seta brownish basally and paler distally, 5–8 mm, straight, not hygroscopic. Capsule pyriform to elongate-pyriform from an apophysis about half the total length, 1.5–2 mm, becoming sulcate when dry and empty; exothecial cells thickened, narrowly oblong and transversely elongate in 4–5 rows proximal to the mouth; operculum planoconvex; peristome double, exostome teeth bright red becoming paler at the tip, lanceolate with 7–8 articulations, obliquely striate basally, papillose at the tips, endostome well developed from a pale basal membrane bearing irregular segments. Calyptra cucullate, long-beaked, inflated around the capsule, large, smooth. Spores 20–24 µm, bacculate-insulate often in persistent tetrads at maturity.


Habitat: Fine soil, crevices of rocks, base of cliffs
Elevation: moderate to high elevations

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"absent" is not a number.

... more about "Entosthodon wigginsii"
Donna H. Miller +  and Harvey A. Miller +
Steere +
thin-walled +
specialized +
polygamous +, autoicous +  and sexual +
persistent +  and deciduous +
inflated +  and cucullate +
cleistocarpous +  and stegocarpous +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
nearly +  and erect +
pyriform;elongate-pyriform +
short-rhomboid;quadrate;hexagonal +
irregularly polygonal +  and hexagonal or oblong-rectangular +
Ariz. +  and Utah. +
moderate to high elevations +
projecting +
paler +  and bright red +
striate +  and papillose-striolate +
elongate +  and oblong +
Fine soil, crevices of rocks, base of cliffs +
erect-spreading +
concave;obovate;oblong-spathulate +
reduced +  and larger +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
planoconvex +
filiform +  and club--shaped +
proximal +  and inserted +
double +  and single +
oblong-rectangular +
proximal +
/4 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
not hygroscopic +
brownish basally and paler +
straight +
papillose +  and smooth +
elongate +
short;elongate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
subreniform +  and spherical +
superficial +
Entosthodon wigginsii +
Entosthodon +
species +
persistent +
weakly trabeculate;appendiculate +
thicker +
annual;biennial +