Entosthodon californicus

(Sullivant & Lesquereux) H. A. Crum & L. E. Anderson

Bryologist 58: 13. 1955,.

Basionym: Funaria californica Sullivant & Lesquereux Musc. Bor.-Amer. ed. 2, 41. 1865
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 27. Treatment on page 185. Mentioned on page 184.

Plants 1–2 mm, dull yellow green. Leaves contorted and crispate when dry, oblong to oblong ovate, imbricate, concave, mostly about 1 mm; margins entire and not bordered; apices broadly acute to rounded, often with a 1–2-celled apiculus; costa ending 4–6 cells before the tip; basal laminal cells rectangular (50–70 × 15–22 µm), distal cells nearly quadrate. Seta brownish yellow, 4–6 mm, not hygroscopic. Capsule ovoid-pyriform, the apophysis forming about half the length, 1.5–2 mm, somewhat sulcate when dry and empty; exothecial cells thickened, narrowly oblong and transversely elongate in 7–9 rows proximal to the mouth; operculum short convex-conic; peristome yellowish brown, lanceolate with trabeculae, papillose basally and nearly smooth at the tips; endostome segments shorter that the teeth, papillose. Calyptra cucullate, long-beaked, inflated around the capsule, large, smooth. Spores 15–18 µm, bacculate-insulate.


Habitat: Along streams or roadsides on exposed fine sandy soil
Elevation: moderate elevations

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