Status: Native
Synonyms:
Barbula fallax Hedw.
Didymodon fallax (Hedw.) R.H. Zander
Geheebia fallax has elongate cells over the adaxial costa at midleaf, as do G. tophacea and
G. ferrugina. G. tophacea has a more obtuse apex and a leaf shape with a narrower base. G.
ferruginea, which is only known at this time from a single collection in New Mexico, has leaves that are
more strongly recurved on the stem when moist and lie on their sides on the slide. G. ferruginea itself
is only known from two collections at this time in New Mexico.
Many thanks to the University of Colorado Herbarium, Erin Tripp, and Dina Clark for loaning us
this specimen to photograph.
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Geheebia fallax, collection and ID by R.R. Ireland, Canada, Ontario, Grey County, Inglis Falls, along Bruce Trail beside Sydenham River on limestone boulders and cliffs, July 12, 1982; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, June 17, 2023
Geheebia fallax, photomicrograph of dry stem, collection and ID by R.R. Ireland, Canada, Ontario, Grey County, Inglis Falls, along Bruce Trail beside Sydenham River on limestone boulders and cliffs, July 12, 1982; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, June 17, 2023
Geheebia fallax, photomicrograph of moistened stem, collection and ID by R.R. Ireland, Canada, Ontario, Grey County, Inglis Falls, along Bruce Trail beside Sydenham River on limestone boulders and cliffs, July 12, 1982; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, June 17, 2023
Geheebia fallax, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by R.R. Ireland, Canada, Ontario, Grey County, Inglis Falls, along Bruce Trail beside Sydenham River on limestone boulders and cliffs, July 12, 1982; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, June 17, 2023
Geheebia fallax, photomicrograph of leaf, collection and ID by R.R. Ireland, Canada, Ontario, Grey County, Inglis Falls, along Bruce Trail beside Sydenham River on limestone boulders and cliffs, July 12, 1982; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, June 17, 2023
Geheebia fallax, photomicrograph of leaf apex, collection and ID by R.R. Ireland, Canada, Ontario, Grey County, Inglis Falls, along Bruce Trail beside Sydenham River on limestone boulders and cliffs, July 12, 1982; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, June 17, 2023
Geheebia fallax, photomicrograph of leaf base, collection and ID by R.R. Ireland, Canada, Ontario, Grey County, Inglis Falls, along Bruce Trail beside Sydenham River on limestone boulders and cliffs, July 12, 1982; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, June 17, 2023
Geheebia fallax, photomicrograph of cells at midleaf, collection and ID by R.R. Ireland, Canada, Ontario, Grey County, Inglis Falls, along Bruce Trail beside Sydenham River on limestone boulders and cliffs, July 12, 1982; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, June 17, 2023
Geheebia fallax, photomicrograph of detailed view of elongate cells on adaxial costa, collection and ID by R.R. Ireland, Canada, Ontario, Grey County, Inglis Falls, along Bruce Trail beside Sydenham River on limestone boulders and cliffs, July 12, 1982; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, June 17, 2023
Geheebia fallax, photomicrograph of red-brown color change in KOH, collection and ID by R.R. Ireland, Canada, Ontario, Grey County, Inglis Falls, along Bruce Trail beside Sydenham River on limestone boulders and cliffs, July 12, 1982; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, June 17, 2023
Geheebia fallax, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, collection and ID by R.R. Ireland, Canada, Ontario, Grey County, Inglis Falls, along Bruce Trail beside Sydenham River on limestone boulders and cliffs, July 12, 1982; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, June 17, 2023
Geheebia fallax, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, collection and ID by R.R. Ireland, Canada, Ontario, Grey County, Inglis Falls, along Bruce Trail beside Sydenham River on limestone boulders and cliffs, July 12, 1982; photos by Russ Kleinman and Karen Blisard, June 17, 2023
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