Amblyodon

P. Beauvois

Mag. Encycl. 5: 323. 1804.

Etymology: Greek amblys, blunt, obtuse, and odon, tooth, alluding to peristome
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 31. Mentioned on page 30, 666.

Leaves loosely erect to erect-spreading, not 3-ranked, narrowly oblong; margins plane; laminal cells oblong-rhombic to oblong-hexagonal, surface not bulging, smooth, walls thin, lax; basal cells same size as distal cells.

Distribution

North America, Europe, Asia.

Discussion

Species 1.

Amblyodon is characteristically found in calcareous fens and meadows.

Selected References

None.