ANTHOCEROTACEAE

Contains 1 genera and 4 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
ANTHOCEROTACEAE
Bryophyte
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Classification
ANTHOCEROTALES
ANTHOCEROTACEAE
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Genera
Genus Common Name Taxa Count Herbarium Specimens Photos
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