Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Family: Funariaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Funaria flavicans var. humilis Müll. Hal.

Funaria flavicans is most definitively identified by its endostome segments-- about 1/4 the length of the peristome teeth and which are rounded-bilobed at the apex. Otherwise, it is quite similar to F. hygrometrica with slight differences in the capsule. The seta of F. hygrometrica is more hygroscopic-- which means that it twists more with moisture. The leaves rehydrate poorly in the lab.

Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium (COLO), Erin Tripp & Dina Clark for loaning us this specimen and permitting us to photograph it.

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Funaria flavicans, collection and ID by William D. Reese, Louisiana, Washington Parish, Foster Creek, about 1 mi NE of Angie on La 438, March 15, 1974; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 7, 2023

Funaria flavicans, dry stems, collection and ID by William D. Reese, Louisiana, Washington Parish, Foster Creek, about 1 mi NE of Angie on La 438, March 15, 1974; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 7, 2023

Funaria flavicans, sporophytes, collection and ID by William D. Reese, Louisiana, Washington Parish, Foster Creek, about 1 mi NE of Angie on La 438, March 15, 1974; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 7, 2023

Funaria flavicans, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by William D. Reese, Louisiana, Washington Parish, Foster Creek, about 1 mi NE of Angie on La 438, March 15, 1974; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 7, 2023

Funaria flavicans, dark field photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by William D. Reese, Louisiana, Washington Parish, Foster Creek, about 1 mi NE of Angie on La 438, March 15, 1974; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 7, 2023

Funaria flavicans, dark field photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by William D. Reese, Louisiana, Washington Parish, Foster Creek, about 1 mi NE of Angie on La 438, March 15, 1974; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 7, 2023

Funaria flavicans, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection and ID by William D. Reese, Louisiana, Washington Parish, Foster Creek, about 1 mi NE of Angie on La 438, March 15, 1974; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 7, 2023

Funaria flavicans, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection and ID by William D. Reese, Louisiana, Washington Parish, Foster Creek, about 1 mi NE of Angie on La 438, March 15, 1974; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 7, 2023

Funaria flavicans, photomicrograph of cells at mid-leaf, collection and ID by William D. Reese, Louisiana, Washington Parish, Foster Creek, about 1 mi NE of Angie on La 438, March 15, 1974; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 7, 2023

Funaria flavicans, photomicrograph of short endostome segment bilobed at the apex, collection and ID by William D. Reese, Louisiana, Washington Parish, Foster Creek, about 1 mi NE of Angie on La 438, March 15, 1974; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 7, 2023

Funaria flavicans, photomicrograph of short endostome segment bilobed at the apex, collection and ID by William D. Reese, Louisiana, Washington Parish, Foster Creek, about 1 mi NE of Angie on La 438, March 15, 1974; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 7, 2023

Funaria flavicans, photomicrograph of short endostome segment bilobed at the apex, collection and ID by William D. Reese, Louisiana, Washington Parish, Foster Creek, about 1 mi NE of Angie on La 438, March 15, 1974; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 7, 2023

Funaria flavicans, photomicrograph of capsule, collection and ID by William D. Reese, Louisiana, Washington Parish, Foster Creek, about 1 mi NE of Angie on La 438, March 15, 1974; photos by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, March 7, 2023

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