Status: Native
Synonyms:
Jungermannia badensis Gottsche ex Rabenh.
Jungermannia acuta var. badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) J.B. Jack
Leiocolea badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Jørg.
Lophozia badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Schiffn.
Lophozia turbinata var. badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Hillier
Mesoptychia badensis is a minute liverwort occurring on rotting wood and in the case
of the specimen we photographed, growing with Buxbaumia! M. badensis is colorless.
It has two-lobed leaves with a relatively shallow sinus between the lobes. The cell walls
are thin.
Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO), Erin Tripp & Dina Clark for
allowing us to photograph this specimen.
Please click on an image for a larger file.
Mesoptychia badensis, collection & ID by D.W. Jamieson, Colorado, San Juan County, Weminuche Wilderness, NE flank of Mt. Silex, along Trinity Creek, on well-rotted wood, July 30, 1985; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 27, 2023
Mesoptychia badensis, photomicrograph of habit, collection & ID by D.W. Jamieson, Colorado, San Juan County, Weminuche Wilderness, NE flank of Mt. Silex, along Trinity Creek, on well-rotted wood, July 30, 1985; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 27, 2023
Mesoptychia badensis, photomicrograph of stems, collection & ID by D.W. Jamieson, Colorado, San Juan County, Weminuche Wilderness, NE flank of Mt. Silex, along Trinity Creek, on well-rotted wood, July 30, 1985; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 27, 2023
Mesoptychia badensis, dark field photomicrograph of stem, collection & ID by D.W. Jamieson, Colorado, San Juan County, Weminuche Wilderness, NE flank of Mt. Silex, along Trinity Creek, on well-rotted wood, July 30, 1985; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 27, 2023
Mesoptychia badensis, photomicrograph of leaf, collection & ID by D.W. Jamieson, Colorado, San Juan County, Weminuche Wilderness, NE flank of Mt. Silex, along Trinity Creek, on well-rotted wood, July 30, 1985; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 27, 2023
Mesoptychia badensis, photomicrograph of leaf cells, collection & ID by D.W. Jamieson, Colorado, San Juan County, Weminuche Wilderness, NE flank of Mt. Silex, along Trinity Creek, on well-rotted wood, July 30, 1985; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 27, 2023
Back to the Index