Status: Native
Synonyms:
Jungermannia pubescens Schrank
Apometzgeria pubescens (Schrank) Kuwah.
Echinogyna pubescens (Schrank) Dumort.
Echinomitrion furcatum var. pubescens (Schrank) Corda
Echinomitrion pubescens (Schrank) Huebener
Fasciola pubescens (Schrank) Dumort.
Herverus pubescens (Schrank) Gray
Jungermannia furcata var. pubescens (Schrank) Hook. f. & Taylor
Metzgeria pubescens is a simple thallous liverwort, meaning that the lamina is one cell thick. There is a midvein present
that is convex on both surfaces. The lamina is hairy on the margins and BOTH surfaces, unlike the otherwise similar M. conjugata
which is only pubescent on the ventral surface and margins.
Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO), Erin Tripp and Dina Clark for permitting us
to photograph this specimen.
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Metzgeria pubescens, collection and ID by W.B. Schofield & B.C. Tan, Oregon, Clatsop County, Saddle Mountain, shaded cliff, April 17, 1978; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 23, 2023
Metzgeria pubescens, photomicrograph of thallus, collection and ID by W.B. Schofield & B.C. Tan, Oregon, Clatsop County, Saddle Mountain, shaded cliff, April 17, 1978; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 23, 2023
Metzgeria pubescens, photomicrograph of thallus, collection and ID by W.B. Schofield & B.C. Tan, Oregon, Clatsop County, Saddle Mountain, shaded cliff, April 17, 1978; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 23, 2023
Metzgeria pubescens, photomicrograph of thallus, collection and ID by W.B. Schofield & B.C. Tan, Oregon, Clatsop County, Saddle Mountain, shaded cliff, April 17, 1978; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 23, 2023
Metzgeria pubescens, photomicrograph of laminal cells and margin, collection and ID by W.B. Schofield & B.C. Tan, Oregon, Clatsop County, Saddle Mountain, shaded cliff, April 17, 1978; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 23, 2023
Metzgeria pubescens, photomicrograph of cross section of thallus, collection and ID by W.B. Schofield & B.C. Tan, Oregon, Clatsop County, Saddle Mountain, shaded cliff, April 17, 1978; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, February 23, 2023
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