Dichodontium pellucidum (Hedw.) Schimp.
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Authority
Buck, William R. 1987. Bryostephane Steereana: A Collection of Bryological Papers Presented to William Campbell Steere On The Occasion of His 80th Birthday. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 45: 1-749.
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Family
Dicranaceae
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Scientific Name
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Discussion
One fragmentary plant with six leaves, 1.38-1.48 m. The leaves are serrate and the leaf cells are conspicuously mammillose. However, the leaves ofthe fossil are more ingulate than lanceolate, and in this feature they differ from the typical leaf shape in extant populations. Fig. 7a-c.