Status: Native
Synonyms:
Dicranum sauteri Bruch & Schimp.
Paraleucobryum sauteri has circinate leaves that can be over 5mm long. The general appearance is very similar to the more common Dicranum scoparium. However, microscopically the two mosses are quite different. The costa of the Paraleucobryum can be seen to be much broader at the base and it takes up the entire width of the lleaf beyond about mid-leaf. The costa itself in cross section is made up of clear cells (hyalocysts) and green cells (chlorocysts). The hyalocysts form a boundary line on the upper surface of the costa and seem to alternate with the chlorocysts on the lower surface. The green color of the chlorocysts is lost with cross sections that are too thin. The long rostrate operculum is about 2/3 as long as the capsule. We found Paraleucobryum sauteri on volcanic rock.
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Paraleucobryum sauteri, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Range, trail 182 above Sandy Point, November 1, 2010
Paraleucobryum sauteri, macro, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Range, trail 182 above Sandy Point, November 1, 2010
Paraleucobryum sauteri, forming extensive mat on volcanic rock, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Range, trail 182 above Sandy Point, November 1, 2010
Paraleucobryum sauteri, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Range, trail 182 above Sandy Point, November 1, 2010
Paraleucobryum sauteri, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Range, trail 182 above Sandy Point, November 1, 2010
Paraleucobryum sauteri, 40x photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Range, trail 182 above Sandy Point, November 1, 2010
Paraleucobryum sauteri, 400x photomicrograph of leaf base, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Range, trail 182 above Sandy Point, November 1, 2010
Paraleucobryum sauteri, 400x photomicrograph of mid leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Range, trail 182 above Sandy Point, November 1, 2010
Paraleucobryum sauteri, 400x photomicrograph of leaf tip (costa is on top), photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Mogollon Range, trail 182 above Sandy Point, November 1, 2010
Paraleucobryum sauteri, photo Russ Kleinman, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, entrance to Big Skylight Cave, November 5, 2016
Paraleucobryum sauteri, 3x macro, photo Russ Kleinman, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, entrance to Big Skylight Cave, November 5, 2016
Paraleucobryum sauteri, dark field photomicrograph of stem, photo Russ Kleinman, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, entrance to Big Skylight Cave, November 5, 2016
Paraleucobryum sauteri, dark field photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, entrance to Big Skylight Cave, November 5, 2016
Paraleucobryum sauteri, photomicrograph of leaf base, photo Russ Kleinman, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, entrance to Big Skylight Cave, November 5, 2016
Paraleucobryum sauteri, photomicrograph of mid leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, entrance to Big Skylight Cave, November 5, 2016
Paraleucobryum sauteri, photomicrograph of leaf apex, photo Russ Kleinman, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, entrance to Big Skylight Cave, November 5, 2016
Paraleucobryum sauteri, photomicrograph of leaf cross section of distal leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, entrance to Big Skylight Cave, November 5, 2016
Paraleucobryum sauteri, photomicrograph of leaf cross section of distal leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, entrance to Big Skylight Cave, November 5, 2016
Paraleucobryum sauteri, photomicrograph of leaf cross section of distal leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, entrance to Big Skylight Cave, November 5, 2016
Paraleucobryum sauteri, photomicrograph of leaf cross section near leaf base, photo Russ Kleinman, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, entrance to Big Skylight Cave, November 5, 2016
Paraleucobryum sauteri, photomicrograph of capsule with long rostrate operculum, photo Russ Kleinman, Kelly Allred, Laura Baumann & Karen Blisard, Cibola County, El Malpais National Monument, entrance to Tube Dweller Cave, April 17, 2018
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