Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Targionia hypophylla is a complex thallous liverwort most easily recognized when it is reproductive. It has
a very characteristic 2-valved duck-bill shaped shiny black involucre that arises on the ventral surface of the
apex of a main branch. The thalli have blackish ventral scales that roll up when dry into thin tubes. We found
Targionia hypophylla in mixed conifer forest at middle to upper elevation on soil.
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Targionia hypophylla, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Santa Fe NF, Porvenir Cyn near Las Vegas, May 6, 2019
Targionia hypophylla, macro of dry thalli, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Santa Fe NF, Porvenir Cyn near Las Vegas, May 6, 2019
Targionia hypophylla, macro of thallus and involucre, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Santa Fe NF, Porvenir Cyn near Las Vegas, May 6, 2019
Targionia hypophylla, macro of thallus demonstrating obvious pores, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Santa Fe NF, Porvenir Cyn near Las Vegas, May 6, 2019
Targionia hypophylla, dark field photomicrograph of single thallus and involucre, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Santa Fe NF, Porvenir Cyn near Las Vegas, May 6, 2019
Targionia hypophylla, bright field photomicrograph of single thallus and involucre, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Santa Fe NF, Porvenir Cyn near Las Vegas, May 6, 2019
Targionia hypophylla, photomicrograph of scale appendage, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Cibola Cty., El Malpais National Monument, May 23, 2019
Targionia hypophylla, photomicrograph of scale appendage, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Cibola Cty., El Malpais National Monument, May 23, 2019
Targionia hypophylla, photomicrograph of thallus cross section, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Cibola Cty., El Malpais National Monument, May 23, 2019
Targionia hypophylla, photomicrograph of thallus cross section, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Cibola Cty., El Malpais National Monument, May 23, 2019
Targionia hypophylla, photomicrograph of thallus cross section, photo Russ Kleinman & Karen Blisard, Cibola Cty., El Malpais National Monument, May 23, 2019
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