Fake mustache moss
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The false mustache moss ( Didymodon fallax ), also called deceptive mustache moss or double-toothed moss , is a deciduous moss from the Pottiaceae family . Depending on the view, it is also called Barbula fallax Hedw. described.
Occurrence
It mostly occurs on moist, clayey soils, but is also common on walls and rocks. It often colonizes calcareous locations and prefers partial shade. Therefore it is often found on north and east slopes. It is a holarctic deciduous moss, which occurs from the lowlands to over 2000 m.
features
The false whisker moss forms up to 2 cm high stems and grows in dirty green to brownish, loose, often extensive lawns and does not form a rhizoid felt . Its entire, about 1 to 2 mm long, lanceolate leaves are sparsely protruding when moist, but appear slightly twisted and pressed when dry. They are gradually pointed and keeled for a broad ovoid base. The leaf margins are rolled over along their entire length to just before the leaf tip. The lamina cells of the leaf base are sub-square and more or less transparent. The upper cells, on the other hand, are opaque, rounded and appear slightly papilose (warty). The midrib is strong and ends in the leaf tip. The reddish-brown seta has upright, oval to cylindrical shaped capsules with 32 peristome teeth at the front end , which are twisted three to four times to the left.
literature
- Dietmar Aichele, Heinz-Werner Schwegler: Our moss and fern plants. An introduction to the way of life, the construction and the recognition of native mosses, ferns, bear moss and horsetail. 10th edition. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-440-06700-9 .
- Ruprecht Düll : Excursion pocket book of the mosses. An introduction to moss science with special consideration of the biology and ecology of the most important mosses in Germany and for the magnification of the easily recognizable species in the area. 4th, improved, supplemented edition. IDH - Verlag für Bryologie und Ökologie, Bad Münstereifel 1993, ISBN 3-925425-00-4 .
- Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
