Status: Native
Synonyms:
Chiloscyphus minor (Nees) Eng. & Schust.
Lophocolea minor has crowded leaves that are succubous and inserted horizontally on the stem. The leaves are bidentate with underleaves that are bilobed with lateral teeth. There are many gemmae in clusters or chains on the leaf margins. Kirsten Romig collected this specimen at Valles Caldera.
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Lophocolea minor, 5x macro, collection by Kirsten Romig, photo by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera
Lophocolea minor, 5x macro, collection by Kirsten Romig, photo by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera
Lophocolea minor, 40x photomicrograph of stem, collection by Kirsten Romig, photo by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera
Lophocolea minor, 100x photomicrograph of leaf and underleaf, collection by Kirsten Romig, photo by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera
Lophocolea minor, 400x photomicrograph of gemmae on leaf margin, collection by Kirsten Romig, photo by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera
Lophocolea minor, 400x photomicrograph of filamentous gemmae on leaf margin, collection by Kirsten Romig, photo by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera
Lophocolea minor, 100x photomicrograph of stem, collection by Kirsten Romig, photo by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera
Lophocolea minor, 400x photomicrograph of underleaf, collection by Kirsten Romig, photo by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Sandoval Cty., Valles Caldera
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