Funaria americana Lindb.

  • Authority

    Sharp, Aaron J., et al. 1994. The Moss Flora of Mexico. Part One: Sphagnales to Bryales. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 69 (1): 1-452.

  • Family

    Funariaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Funaria americana Lindb.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Plants up to about 4 mm tall. Leaves elhptic to oblong-Ianceolate or oblong-obovate, narrowly and often filiform-acuminate; margins entire or occasionally sinuate above; costa strong, subpercurrent in lower leaves. Setae 6-10 mm long, orange-red; capsules curved-asymmetric, 1.5-2 mm long, pyriform, with neck not or distinctly wrinkled and the urn contracted below the mouth when dry; annulus none; operculum conic; exothecial cells linear, strongly thick-walled; peristome teeth curved, appendiculate, vertically papillose-striolate; endostome segments about 3/4 the length of the teeth, vertically papillose-striolate. Spores 24-28 µm, angular-spherical, light-brown, granulose.

  • Discussion

    Fig. 325a-e

    F. americana Lindb., Ofvers. Fbrh. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. 20: 398. 1863, nom. nud.; Lindb. ex Sull., Icones Muse. Suppl. 30. 1874.

    F. muhlenbergii R. Hedw. ex Turn., Muse. Hibern. Spic. 106. 1804, nom. nud., non Turn., 1805, nee Lam. & DC, 1805.

    Entosthodon americanus (Lindb. ex Sull.) Fife, J. Hattori Bot. Lab. 58: 192. 1985.

    The strong costa filling the narrow, tapered acumen is sufficient for determination. T h e capsules and peristome are similar to those of F. muhlenbergii and F. sartorii.

  • Distribution

    On soil (especially calcareous); San Luis Potosi (Charcas, Lundell, MICH).— Northeastern Mexico; eastern and midwestern United States, scattered from the Central Plains east to Pennsylvania and south to Tennessee and Texas.

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