Status: Native
Synonyms:
Awaits definitive identification
This moss is found in small clumps in the mud flats along the Gila River, but no sporophytes have been seen as yet. Unfortunately, a definite identification will have to wait until the sporophytes are found. Most likely candidates are Physcomitrium hookeri, P. pyriforme, or an Enthostodon. The globose terminal paraphyseal cells and the large, clear laminal cells identify it as part of the Funariaceae.
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Physcomitrium/Enthostodon? (5x macro dry), photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Andy Anderson, Cliff, Lichte Center along the Gila River, January 5, 2011
Physcomitrium/Enthostodon?, 5x macro wet, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Andy Anderson, Cliff, Lichte Center along the Gila River, January 5, 2011
Physcomitrium/Enthostodon?, 5x macro wet showing antheridia and paraphyses, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Andy Anderson, Cliff, Lichte Center along the Gila River, January 5, 2011
Physcomitrium/Enthostodon?, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Andy Anderson, Cliff, Lichte Center along the Gila River, January 5, 2011
Physcomitrium/Enthostodon?, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Andy Anderson, Cliff, Lichte Center along the Gila River, January 5, 2011
Physcomitrium/Enthostodon?, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Andy Anderson, Cliff, Lichte Center along the Gila River, January 5, 2011
Physcomitrium/Enthostodon?, 40x photomicrograph of leaf with antheridia & paraphyses, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Andy Anderson, Cliff, Lichte Center along the Gila River, January 5, 2011
Physcomitrium/Enthostodon?, 100x photomicrograph of leaf base with antheridia & paraphyses, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Andy Anderson, Cliff, Lichte Center along the Gila River, January 5, 2011
Physcomitrium/Enthostodon?, 200x photomicrograph of midleaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Andy Anderson, Cliff, Lichte Center along the Gila River, January 5, 2011
Physcomitrium/Enthostodon?, 400x photomicrograph of midleaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Andy Anderson, Cliff, Lichte Center along the Gila River, January 5, 2011
Physcomitrium/Enthostodon?, 100x photomicrograph of leaf tip, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Andy Anderson, Cliff, Lichte Center along the Gila River, January 5, 2011
Physcomitrium/Enthostodon?, 400x photomicrograph of leaf tip, photo Russ Kleinman, Karen Blisard & Andy Anderson, Cliff, Lichte Center along the Gila River, January 5, 2011
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