Status: Native
Synonyms:
Bryum subapiculatum Hampe
We first found Gemmabryum subapiculatum in the Animas Mountains and you can find a full series of those pics
here. It is about a year later now, we have also found it in the Gila National Forest. It looks
nearly identical, with huge red to red-brown rhizoidal tubers that are well over 100 microns in diameter. They are easily
visible with a hand lens in the field. Some are even visible without a hand lens! The leaves have a short excurrent costa. We
found Gemmabryum subapiculatum on thin soil overlying flat bedrock in a shallow depression that accumulates seasonal rainfall.
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Gemmabryum subapiculatum, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Ben Lily, March 10, 2020
Gemmabryum subapiculatum, photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Ben Lily, March 10, 2020
Gemmabryum subapiculatum, photomicrograph of rhizoidal tubers, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Ben Lily, March 10, 2020
Gemmabryum subapiculatum, photomicrograph of rhizoidal tubers (measured), photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Ben Lily, March 10, 2020
Gemmabryum subapiculatum, photomicrograph of rhizoidal tubers as you would see them in a small mat of moss in sand turned over, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Ben Lily, November 10, 2020
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