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Hornschuch'S Pseudocrossidium Moss (Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum)

Description

Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum (German Hornschuch bill Frans Moss ) is a moss - kind from the family pottiaceae . A synonym is Barbula hornschuchiana Schultz.Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum forms fresh green to light green, loose to moderately dense and easily decaying lawns. The rungs, which are up to 1.5 centimeters in height, are slightly branched and leafy. Dry, the leaves are indented and spirally rotated. They are lanceolate, gradually narrowed into the sharp tip, keeled, the leaf margins strongly rolled back from top to top. The strong leaf rib occurs as a sharp spike tip. The leaf cells are rectangular and smooth at the top, round, round, square papules, and about 8 to 15 micrometers. The eil-ngliche and slightly curved Sporenkapsel red top and bottom yellow Seta has peristome long and spirally wound. The capsule lid is long.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Bryophyta

        • Class: Bryopsida

          • Order: Pottiales

            • Family: Pottiaceae

              • Genus: Pseudocrossidium