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Amphidium mougeotii
Amphidium mougeotii
(Bruch & Schimp.) Schimp.
Family:
Amphidiaceae
Mougeot's amphidium moss
[
Amphoridium mougeotii
Schimp.,
more
Anoectangium mougeotii
Lindb.,
Barbula blyttii
Schimp.,
Barbula woodii
Schimp.,
Cylicocarpus mougeotii
(Bruch & Schimp.) Lindb.,
Didymodon mougeotii
(Bruch & Schimp.) Mitt.,
Hymenostylium mougeotii
(Bruch & Schimp.) Garov.,
Trichostomum woodii
(Schimp.) Husn.,
Zygodon mougeotii
Bruch & Schimp.
]
Flora of North America
Resources
Dale H. Vitt in FNA Volume 28
Amphidium mougeotii
Plants
: 2–5 cm.
Stem
: leaves linear-lanceolate, 1.5–3 mm; margins plane, entire; basal laminal cells yellowish, walls thick; distal cells 5–9 µm, slightly obscured by papillae, papillae elliptic, small.
Sexual
: condition dioicous; perichaetial leaves elongate, narrow, base subsheathing, apex long-pointed.
Seta
: 2.2–3.5 mm.
Capsule
: barely exserted, 1–1.5 mm; operculum rostrate, greater than diam. of capsule.
Spores
: 9–12 µm.
Seasonally wet crevices of neutral to acidic cliffs. low to moderate elevations. Greenland, B.C., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Yukon, Ala., Alaska, Calif., Colo., Conn., Ga., Idaho, Ky., Maine, Minn., Mont., N.H., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., S.Dak., Tenn., Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Europe, Asia.
Amphidium mougeotii has linear, entire leaves and small laminal cells (5–9 µm). The cuticular papillae are numerous and elliptic, and only slightly obscure the distal cells, whereas in A. lapponicum they are larger, warty, and more noticeable.
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