Status: Native
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Chiloscyphus pallescens is a relatively large leafy liverwort that grows in mats. The leaves have an entire margin and a succubous insertion. There are large underleaves that have two acuminate lobes. There are few rhizoids. In fresh specimens, C. pallescens has 4-12 oil bodies per cell and C. polyanthos has 2-4 oil bodies per cell. C. pallescens is very similar to C. polyanthos. The mid-leaf cells of C. pallescens are 40-50 microns long while those of C. polyanthos are only 30-35 microns long. C. pallescens is found in moist areas at upper elevation. Please click on an image for a larger file.
Chiloscyphus pallescens, 5x macro wet, photo Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred & Russ Kleinman, Taos County, Carson National Forest, Taos Ski Valley, top of Twining Road, July 23, 2014
Chiloscyphus pallescens, 40x photomicrograph, photo Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred & Russ Kleinman, Taos County, Carson National Forest, Taos Ski Valley, top of Twining Road, July 23, 2014
Chiloscyphus pallescens, 200x photomicrograph of underleaf, photo Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred & Russ Kleinman, Taos County, Carson National Forest, Taos Ski Valley, top of Twining Road, July 23, 2014
Chiloscyphus pallescens, 100x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred & Russ Kleinman, Taos County, Carson National Forest, Taos Ski Valley, top of Twining Road, July 23, 2014
Chiloscyphus pallescens, 400x photomicrograph of leaf cells measured, photo Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred & Russ Kleinman, Taos County, Carson National Forest, Taos Ski Valley, top of Twining Road, July 23, 2014
Chiloscyphus pallescens, 40x dark field photomicrograph of leaf cells measured, photo Karen Blisard, Kelly Allred & Russ Kleinman, Taos County, Carson National Forest, Taos Ski Valley, top of Twining Road, July 23, 2014
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