Venturiella

Müller Hal.

Linnaea 39: 421. 1875 ,.

Etymology: For G. Venturi, 1830–1898, Italian lawyer and bryologist
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 473. Mentioned on page 471.

Plants dull, dark green. Leaves imbricate, erect when dry, giving stem and branches a terete appearance, spreading when wet, ovate, subulate, subula flat, hyaline, serrulate; laminal cells smooth, linear in subulae, rhomboidal distally, quadrate to oblate in several proximal, marginal rows. Perichaetial leaves pale, erect, enlarged, sheathing. Seta quite short, straight. Capsule immersed to emergent, erect, cylindrical, pale yellow, stomatose, stomata numerous in proximal half of theca; annuli narrow or broad, persistent; peristome teeth well developed, 16, lanceolate, papillose, orange; operculum apiculate to rostrate. Calyptra mitrate, smooth, plicate, plicae serrulate. Spores finely papillose.

Distribution

North America, Asia.

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.