Lepidopilum nitidum Besch.

  • Authority

    Sharp, Aaron J., et al. 1994. The Moss Flora of Mexico. Part Two: Orthotrichales to Polytrichales. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 69 (2)

  • Family

    Pilotrichaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Lepidopilum nitidum Besch.

  • Description

    Species Description - Plants yellowish- to golden-green, not glossy. Stems red-brown, conspicuously visible through thin, pale leaves, ± pinnate-branched, up to 1.5 cm long, (with leaves) 5 mm wide. Leaves distinct below, contorted wet or dry, 1.5-3 mm long, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, narrowly acuminate; margins serrate above, serrulate below; costae unequal, 1/2-3/4 the leaf length; upper and median cells rhomboidal, 5-7:1, those at the margins linear. Autoicous. Setae 2-2.5 mm long, smooth. Spores 10-13 µm, smooth. Calyptrae smooth, laciniate at base.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 612

    L. nitidumBesch., Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 16: 229. 1872.

  • Distribution

    On bark of trees; Mexico (s. I., Salle, NY).—Known only from the Mexican type.

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