Status: Native
Synonyms:
Entodon erythropus Mitt.
Entodon beyrichii is a large pleurocarpous moss than resembles Entodon seductrix in appearance. Both are shiny green to yellow brown and have quite concave leaves with an abruptly acute apex. The cells of the mid lamina are very elongate. The most distinctive characteristic of E. beyrichii seems to be its densely (but minutely) papillose exostome teeth. These are the outer teeth on the capsule, which are smooth or nearly so on E. seductrix. Entodon beyrichii is at its northernmost range extent in NM, AZ, and TX. We found it growing on a rocky outcrop at about 7000 ft elevation in mixed conifer forest.
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Entodon beyrichii, 1x macro dry, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, White Mtns., Three Rivers Cmpgd Trail/Fall Creek, February 25, 2015
Entodon beyrichii, 3x macro dry, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, White Mtns., Three Rivers Cmpgd Trail/Fall Creek, February 25, 2015
Entodon beyrichii, 3x macro dry, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, White Mtns., Three Rivers Cmpgd Trail/Fall Creek, February 25, 2015
Entodon beyrichii, 2x macro dry, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, White Mtns., Three Rivers Cmpgd Trail/Fall Creek, February 25, 2015
Entodon beyrichii, 3x macro dry dark field, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, White Mtns., Three Rivers Cmpgd Trail/Fall Creek, February 25, 2015
Entodon beyrichii, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Kirsten Romig, Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, White Mtns., Three Rivers Cmpgd Trail/Fall Creek, February 25, 2015
Entodon beyrichii, 400x photomicrograph of cells at mid lamina, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, White Mtns., Three Rivers Cmpgd Trail/Fall Creek, February 25, 2015
Entodon beyrichii, 40x photomicrograph of capsule, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, White Mtns., Three Rivers Cmpgd Trail/Fall Creek, February 25, 2015
Entodon beyrichii, 400x photomicrograph of papillose proximal exostome tooth, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, White Mtns., Three Rivers Cmpgd Trail/Fall Creek, February 25, 2015
Entodon beyrichii, 400x photomicrograph of papillose proximal exostome tooth, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred & Karen Blisard, White Mtns., Three Rivers Cmpgd Trail/Fall Creek, February 25, 2015
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