Status: Native
Synonyms:
There is considerable taxonomic confusion regarding G. crinitoleucophaea Cardot, which is accepted by Hastings & Greven as valid in FNA. In her book The Genus Grimmia Hedw. Eva Maier, however, considers G. crinitoleucophaea Cardot to be a synonym of the accepted name Grimmia tergestina Bruch & Schimper.
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea has awned leaves that are 2 stratose above the base. The margins are incurved making the
leaf concave. The seta is attached eccenctrically to the base of the immersed capsule which has a few large stomata at its base.
The annulus is revoluble (detachable) and obvious, reminiscent of the annulus of Funaria hygrometrica.
The operculum is long pointed. The plants are dioicous.
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Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photo Jason Brooks (with Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, & John Brinda), Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photo Jason Brooks (with Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, & John Brinda), Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photomicrograph of single dry stem, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, same stem as above wetted, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photomicrograph of operculum & capsule with eccentrically attached seta, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photomicrograph of capsule with peristome, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photomicrograph of stoma at base of capsule, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photomicrograph of conspicuous central stem strand, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photomicrograph of peristome & annulus, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photomicrograph of peristome & annulus, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
Grimmia crinitoleucophaea, photomicrograph of basal leaf cells, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Jason Brooks & John Brinda, Diamond A Ranch, Animas Mtn., Indian creek, April 4, 2019
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