Status: Native
Synonyms:
Grimmia calyptrata Hooker
Coscinodon calyptratus is most notable for very long hyaline hair tipped leaves and a calyptra that encloses the entire capsule. It makes hoary blackish green tufts on granitic boulders at lower to middle elevation in the Gila.
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Coscinodon calyptratus, Olympus TG-6 field photo, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Burro Mtns., Blackhawk Canyon, February 21, 2021
Coscinodon calyptratus, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Burro Mtns., CF Canyon, August 30, 2010
Coscinodon calyptratus, macro, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Burro Mtns., CF Canyon, August 30, 2010
Coscinodon calyptratus, macro of capsule with completely enclosing calyptra, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Burro Mtns., CF Canyon, August 30, 2010
Coscinodon calyptratus, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Burro Mtns., CF Canyon, August 30, 2010
Coscinodon calyptratus, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Burro Mtns., CF Canyon, August 30, 2010
Coscinodon calyptratus, 100x photomicrograph of leaf lamina, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Burro Mtns., CF Canyon, August 30, 2010
Coscinodon calyptratus, 40x photomicrograph of leaf (probably perichaetial leaf which tend to have longer hair tips), photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Burro Mtns., CF Canyon, August 30, 2010
Coscinodon calyptratus, 100x photomicrograph of cross section of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Burro Mtns., CF Canyon, August 30, 2010
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