Tortula muralis

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumBryophyta
3. ClassBryopsida
4. OrderPottiales
5. FamilyPottiaceae

Observations recorded89,166

Leaves ovate or elliptic to obovate, apex broadly acute to rounded or emarginate, short- to long-awned, margins narrowly recurved or revolute to near apex, commonly bordered distally with 2-4 rows of thicker-walled, papillose to smooth cells; costa long-excurrent, lacking an adaxial pad of cells, distally narrow, 3-4(-6) cells across the convex adaxial surface; distal laminal cells hexagonal, 10-15 µm wide, 1:1, strongly papillose with 2(-4)-fid papillae. Sexual condition autoicous. Sporophytes exerted. Seta 0.6-1.5 cm. Capsule stegocarpic, not systylius, cylindric, erect and nearly straight, urn 1.5-2.7 mm; peristome 300 µm, teeth of 32 filaments twisted 1/2-2 times, basal membrane low, to 50 µm; operculum 0.6-1 mm. Spores 8-12 µm, spheric, finely papillose or essentially smooth.

via GBIF · IUCN

🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

4,012

With media

1,650

Family

Pottiaceae

Collections

CHSC, TENN, IBUNAM, YPM, UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL, CAS

Recorded in

United States, Italy, France, Canada, New Zealand