Status: Native
Synonyms:
Funaria templetonii Sm.
Bryum attenuatum Dicks.
Entosthodon attenuatus has a well-developed peristome, spores that are not grouped in tetrads,
an acute apex, and a leaf border of elongate and commonly orange-colored cells. This combination of
features is not found in any other of our Entosthodon species.
Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium, Erin Tripp & Dina Clark for loaning us this
specimen and for permitting us to photograph it.
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Entosthodon attenuatus (dry), collection and ID by Rev. J. Ferguson, Scotland, Forfarshire, 1869; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon attenuatus, photomicrograph of single dry stem, collection and ID by Rev. J. Ferguson, Scotland, Forfarshire, 1869; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon attenuatus, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by Rev. J. Ferguson, Scotland, Forfarshire, 1869; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon attenuatus, photomicrograph of leaf apices, collection and ID by Rev. J. Ferguson, Scotland, Forfarshire, 1869; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon attenuatus, photomicrograph of cells at mid-leaf, collection and ID by Rev. J. Ferguson, Scotland, Forfarshire, 1869; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon attenuatus, photomicrograph of orange elongate cells at leaf margin, collection and ID by Rev. J. Ferguson, Scotland, Forfarshire, 1869; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon attenuatus, photomicrograph of peristome, collection and ID by Rev. J. Ferguson, Scotland, Forfarshire, 1869; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
Entosthodon attenuatus, photomicrograph of spores, collection and ID by Rev. J. Ferguson, Scotland, Forfarshire, 1869; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 19, 2023
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