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Physcomitrium pyriforme
Physcomitrium pyriforme
(Hedw.) Brid.
Family:
Funariaceae
physcomitrium moss,
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pygmy physcomitrium moss, Washington physcomitrium moss
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Gymnostomum dilatatum
P. Beauv.,
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Gymnostomum pyriforme
Hedw.,
Gymnostomum splachnoideum
P. Beauv.,
Gymnostomum tortipes
Brid.,
Gymnostomum turbinatum
Michx.,
Physcomitrium australe
Britt.,
Physcomitrium californicum
Britt.,
Physcomitrium conicum
Mitt.,
Physcomitrium drummondii
Britt.,
Physcomitrium kellermanii
Britt.,
Physcomitrium kellermanii var. drummondii
(Britt.) Grout,
Physcomitrium langloisii
(Renauld & Cardot) Kindb.,
Physcomitrium megalocarpum
Kindb.,
Physcomitrium megalocarpum subsp. californicum
(E. Britton) Kindb.,
Physcomitrium megalocarpum var. californicum
(Britt.) Grout,
Physcomitrium megalocarpum var. megalocarpum
,
Physcomitrium microcarpum
Kindb.,
Physcomitrium platyphyllum
Kindb.,
Physcomitrium pygmaeum
(Hedw.) Hampe,
Physcomitrium pyriforme var. langloisii
Renauld & Cardot,
Physcomitrium pyriforme var. tortipes
Renauld & Cardot,
Physcomitrium rufipes
Kindb.,
Physcomitrium splachoideum
(P. Beauv.) Brid.,
Physcomitrium strangulatum
Kindb.,
Physcomitrium subserratum
Hampe,
Physcomitrium tortipes
(Brid.) Brid.,
Physcomitrium turbinatum
(Michx.) Britt.,
Physcomitrium turbinatum f. australe
(Britt.) Grout,
Physcomitrium turbinatum f. australes
(E. Britton) Grout,
Physcomitrium turbinatum var. langloisii
(Ren. & Card.) Britt.,
Physcomitrium turbinatum var. splachnoideum
(P. Beauv.) Renauld & Cardot,
Physcomitrium turbinatum var. tortipes
(Brid.) Renauld & Cardot,
Physcomitrium washingtoniense
H.A. Crum & L.E. Anderson
]
Wayne Lampa
Flora of North America
Resources
Terry T. McIntosh in FNA Volume 27
Physcomitrium pyriforme
Plants
: light green or yellowish green.
Stems
: 0.2–15(–25) cm.
Leaves
: obovate to ovate-lanceolate, distal leaves 2–5 mm; margins toothed, sometimes nearly smooth distally; percurrent to rarely short-excurrent.
: Specialized asexual reproduction absent.
Seta
: (1–)6–15(–30) mm.
Capsule
: exserted, 1–3 mm, globose-pyriform when young, highly variable in shape when old, urceolate to pyriform; neck short, distinct; exothecial cells irregular hexagonal; suboral cells consisting of 5–17 rows of rectangular cells.
Spores
: (24–)46–60(–90) µm, papillose.
Phenology
: Capsules mature late fall–spring.
Wet soil in disturbed places. low to high elevations. Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Sask., Ala., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., S.C., S.Dak., Utah, Vt., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo., Mexico, Eurasia, Africa, Australia.
Physcomitrium pyriforme is morphologically variable and widespread across the continent. Plant size, leaf characters, and shape of the capsule vary from place to place and often within populations.
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