Pseudobryum cinclidioides

(Huebener) T. J. Koponen

Ann. Bot. Fenn. 5: 147. 1968.

Illustrated
Basionym: Mnium cinclidioides Huebener Muscol. Germ., 416. 1833
Synonyms: Plagiomnium cinclidioides (Huebener) M. C. Bowers
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 236.

Plants large, often growing with other bryophytes. Leaves with apiculus blunt or sharp; medial laminal cells with tapered ends, slightly smaller near margins. Capsule with annulus 2- or 3-seriate, revoluble; endostome cilia in groups of 2–4.


Phenology: Capsules mature summer.
Habitat: Moist soil or humus in swamps, fens, wet meadows, streams, wet depressions in forests, boulders, tree roots

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Nunavut, Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Conn., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Pa., Vt., Va., W.Va., Europe, Asia.

Discussion

Pseudobryum cinclidioides is uncommon but one of the species easiest to recognize in Mniaceae. The broad, often green or yellow-green leaves with indistinct borders and elongate, Bryum-like laminal cells usually in diagonal rows are distinctive. The large laminal cells make it readily identifiable in the field with a hand lens.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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