Status: Native
Synonyms:
Jungermannia incisa Schrad.
Lophozia incisa (Schrad.) Dumort.
Massularia incisa (Schrad.) Schljakov
Schistochilopsis incisa is probably better known by the older synonym Lophozia incisa. The plants are small,
only a millimeter or two wide, and the leaves form cabbage-like heads. The leaves are two- to five-lobed. The lobes are asymmetric and many of the lobes are tipped by masses of polyhedral gemmae. The leaf cells have 20-50 oil bodies. Underleaves are absent. Schistochilopsis incisa can be found on decaying logs or moist soil.
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Schistochilopsis incisa, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Washington County, Great Wass Island, on a boulder, June 12, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 8, 2023
Schistochilopsis incisa, photomicrograph of habit, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Washington County, Great Wass Island, on a boulder, June 12, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 8, 2023
Schistochilopsis incisa, photomicrograph of gemmae, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Washington County, Great Wass Island, on a boulder, June 12, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 8, 2023
Schistochilopsis incisa, photomicrograph of single leaf with five asymmetrial lobes and gemmae, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Washington County, Great Wass Island, on a boulder, June 12, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 8, 2023
Schistochilopsis incisa, photomicrograph of leaf cells and gemmae, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Washington County, Great Wass Island, on a boulder, June 12, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 8, 2023
Schistochilopsis incisa, high power photomicrograph of gemmae, collection and ID by Karen Blisard, Maine, Washington County, Great Wass Island, on a boulder, June 12, 2013; photographs by Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, January 8, 2023
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