Status: Native
Synonyms:
Funaria rubiginosa R.S. Williams
Entosthodon rubiginosus differs from Entosthodon rubrisetus in having a poorly developed
peristome. Entosthodon rubiginosus has a peristome that is either absent or greatly reduced, with
teeth that terminate bluntly and have only 2 or 3 articulations such that they hardly protrude past the capsule
rim. The exothecial cells of the capsule are elongate and thick-walled. The spores are papillose. The costa
extends into a hairpoint or ends shortly before the apex of the leaf, which is acute. The plants are quite
small, with a seta that does not appreciably move about when moistened.
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Entosthodon rubiginosus (dry), collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, dark field photomicrograph of 3 dry plants, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, dark field photomicrograph of 3 moistened plants, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, photomicrograph of leaves, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, photomicrograph of leaf, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, photomicrograph of leaf, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, photomicrograph of leaf, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, photomicrograph of leaf, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, photomicrograph of leaf cells near midleaf, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, photomicrograph of capsule & operculum, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, dark field photomicrograph of elongate and thick walled exothecial cells, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, photomicrograph of elongate and thick walled exothecial cells, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, photomicrograph of bissected capsule, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, photomicrograph of bissected capsule with nearly absent peristome, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, photomicrograph of bissected capsule very short, blunt papillose exostome teeth with just a couple of articulations, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon rubiginosus, photomicrograph of spores, collection by R.D. Worthington (ID as "cf. rubiginosus" by H.A. Miller, 2006), Texas, El Paso County, Hueco Tanks State Historical Park, open area on top of North Mountain, March 20, 1995; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
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