Battarrea griffithsii V.S.White ex Underw.
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Authority
New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium of Dr. Per Axel Rydberg. Purchased, 1899. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden.
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Family
Tulostomataceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Peridium 2-3.5 cm. in diameter, 1-2 cm. high, smooth, membranaceous, lower part flat, showing the line of dehiscence distinctly : stem hollow, equal, 1-1.5 cm. in diameter, 9.5-15 cm. long, sulcate, pealing fibrillose: volva fairly well marked, composed of a few appressed fibrillose blunt squamules: capillitium 4-10 µ wide, whitish, flattened, rather amorphous, branched, and having a large number of cells mixed with it: cells darker than the capillitium, with spiral markings and annular thickenings, 6-8 µ wide, 24-85 µ long: spores subglobose, minutely verrucose, looking smooth except under very high magnification, reddish - cinnamon colored, 4—5 µ in diameter.
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Discussion
Arizona, David Griffiths, to whom the species is dedicated.
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Distribution
Arizona
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