Bluebell mosses
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The bell hat mosses ( Encalypta ), also called bell hats, are a genus of deciduous mosses from the Encalyptaceae family .
description
Mosses of this genus grow in low cushions or flat lawns. The plants have upright, forked stems. These are densely leafed and tomentose in the lower part. Leaves are more or less tongue-shaped, have a strong rib that ends either in front of or in the leaf tip or protrudes above it as a spike tip or glass hair. Characteristic of the sporophytes are the long, cylindrical-bell-shaped calyptres that completely envelop the spore capsules.
Types (selection)
About 36 species are known worldwide. There are 14 species in Europe, including the following:
- Encalypta affinis
- Encalypta alpina
- Encalypta ciliata
- Encalypta longicolla
- Encalypta rhaptocarpa
- Upside down bell-cap moss ( Encalypta streptocarpa )
- Common bell- cap moss ( Encalypta vulgaris )
literature
- Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
- Martin Nebel, Georg Philippi (ed.): The mosses of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 1: General part, special part (Bryophytina I, Andreaeales to Funariales). Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3527-2 .
Web links
Commons : Cloche Mosses ( Encalypta ) - Collection of images, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Frey, Michael Stech, Eberhard Fischer: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants (= Syllabus of Plant Families. 3). 13th edition. Borntraeger, Berlin et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8 , p. 150.