Coscinodon Moss (Coscinodon calyptratus)
Description
Plants 7-10 mm, olivaceous. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.4-2.4 - 0.4-0.7 mm, margins plane or one margin recurved at mid leaf, apex plane, awn 0.4-1.4 mm, lamina non-plicate; basal juxtacostal laminal cells long-rectangular, 15-80 - 7-10 -m, evenly thin-walled; basal marginal laminal cells quadrate to long-rectangular, 16-60 - 7-15 -m, thin or thick end walls and thin lateral walls; medial laminal cells 1-stratose; distal laminal cells 1-stratose. Sexual condition autoicous. Seta 1.4-2.4 mm. Capsule exserted, cylindric, commonly constricted at rim; peristome present, solid, xerocastique.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Bryophyta
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Class: Bryopsida
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Order: Grimmiales
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Family: Grimmiaceae
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Genus: Coscinodon
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