Contains 1 genera and 4 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
ANTHOCEROTACEAE
Bryophyte
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Classification
ANTHOCEROTALES
ANTHOCEROTACEAE
This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.
Genera
Genus | Common Name | Taxa Count | Herbarium Specimens | Photos |
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Anthoceros | 4 |
Identification Key
1. Sporophytes horizontal on the thallus, less than 5 mm long, enclosed in involucre or scarcely exserted
1. Sporophytes erect, more than 5 mm long, exserted from involucre
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2. Thallus smooth and solid, non-cavernous (absence of internal schizogenous cavities); spores yellow to yellowish brown
2. Thallus with internal schizogenous horizontal mucilage-containing cavities; spores dark brown, brownish black, gray-black, to black (Anthocerotaceae)
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3. Spores spheroidal, with reduced trilete marks, the proximal and distal connate-cristate surfaces indistinct
3. Spores tetrahedral, with a conspicuous trilete mark separating the triangular areas, well delimited at the equatorial region from the distal surface, often by a border free of ornamentations, ornamentation spinose, punctate, baculate, jagged, or lamellate