Status: Native
Synonyms:
Leskea cyrtophylla Kindb.
Leskea tectorum (Funck ex Brid.) Lindb.
Leskea tectorum (Funck ex Brid.) Lindb. var. flagellifera Best
Leskea williamsii Best
Leskea williamsii Best var. filamentosa Best
Leskeella tectorum (Funck ex Brid.) I. Hagen
Leskeella tectorum (Funck ex Brid.) I. Hagen ssp. cyrtophylla (Kindb.) Wijk & Margad.
Pseudoleskeella tectorum (Funck ex Brid.) Kindb. var. cyrtophylla (Kindb.) H.A. Crum, Steere & L.E. Anderson
Pseudoleskeella tectorum (Funck ex Brid.) Kindb. var. flagellifera (Best) Amann
Pseudoleskeella williamsii (Best) H.A. Crum, Steere & L.E. Anderson
Pseudoleskeella williamsii (Best) H.A. Crum, Steere & L.E. Anderson var. filamentosa (Best) H.A. Crum, Steere & L.E. Anderson
Pseudoleskeella tectorum is a small, filamentous pleurocarpous moss with leaves that are too small to see without magnification. The leaves are only about 25 cells wide at mid-lamina and have ovate to quadrate cells. The weak costa can be absent, short forked, short single or short double. The shape of the leaf is that of a deep bowl with a wide lip around it except at the stem. This particular specimen was growing on the trunk of Gambel Oak.
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Pseudoleskeella tectorum, 1X macro, dry, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Aspen Grove, Signal Peak Road, May 8, 2010
Pseudoleskeella tectorum, 3X macro, dry, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Aspen Grove, Signal Peak Road, May 8, 2010
Pseudoleskeella tectorum, 40X wetmount photomicrograph, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Aspen Grove, Signal Peak Road, May 8, 2010
Pseudoleskeella tectorum, 200X photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Aspen Grove, Signal Peak Road, May 8, 2010
Pseudoleskeella tectorum, 200X photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Aspen Grove, Signal Peak Road, May 8, 2010
Pseudoleskeella tectorum, 200X photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Aspen Grove, Signal Peak Road, May 8, 2010
Pseudoleskeella tectorum, 200X photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Aspen Grove, Signal Peak Road, May 8, 2010
Pseudoleskeella tectorum, 3D representation of 200X photomicrograph of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Aspen Grove, Signal Peak Road, May 8, 2010
Pseudoleskeella tectorum, 5X macro of sporophytes, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Pinos Altos Range, Aspen Grove, Signal Peak Road, May 8, 2010
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