Status: Native
Synonyms:
Riccia incrassata Brot.
Oxymitra incrassata is a complex thallous liverwort that grows on soil. It has white, elongate
triangular scales that project beyond the thallus. They may project so far as to appear to completely
enclose the thallous.
Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO), Erin Tripp & Dina Clark for permitting us
to photograph this specimen.
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Oxymitra incrassata, collection and ID by Eula Whitehouse, Texas, Burnet County, 8 mi W of Burnet on soil on granitic outcrops, February 18, 1951; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson & Ron Wittmann, January 19, 2023
Oxymitra incrassata, photomicrograph of thalli, collection and ID by Eula Whitehouse, Texas, Burnet County, 8 mi W of Burnet on soil on granitic outcrops, February 18, 1951; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson & Ron Wittmann, January 19, 2023
Oxymitra incrassata, photomicrograph of thallus, collection and ID by Eula Whitehouse, Texas, Burnet County, 8 mi W of Burnet on soil on granitic outcrops, February 18, 1951; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson & Ron Wittmann, January 19, 2023
Oxymitra incrassata, photomicrograph of thalli, collection and ID by Eula Whitehouse, Texas, Burnet County, 8 mi W of Burnet on soil on granitic outcrops, February 18, 1951; photos by Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred, Stacey Anderson & Ron Wittmann, January 19, 2023
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