Thomson'S Calcareous Moss

(Mnium thomsonii)

galery

Description

The young plants are dark green, then red-brown. The turf 1-5 cm tall. The drives are slightly curved. The stem red to reddish brown.The leaves are slightly wavy dry, twisted, wet from the stem off-standing and smooth. The longer hajt-scs-csn-l, the plant feet of the lower leaves, lanceolate, up to five (up to 10) mm long, 1.3 mm wide. The leaves are on the edge and double toothing several cell-line hem. The underside of the toothed vein near the summit.The cells are gently rounded or square approximately 20 micrometers in diameter in the middle of the leaf blade. Dioecious species. As a developing sp-ratart-tok drive. The sleeve is slightly curved, elongated yellowish brown. Inclined horizontal elongated capsule, yellow-brown, the duckbill tokfed-l. The spores are papillose, 24-36 microns in diameter.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Bryophyta
Class: Bryopsida
Order:Bryales
Family:Mniaceae
Genus:Mnium
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