Neck moss
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Sawn Neck Moss ( Tayloria serrata ) |
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The neck mosses ( Tayloria ) are a genus of deciduous mosses from the family Splachnaceae .
Surname
The generic name was named after Thomas Taylor (1786 (?) - 1848), an Irish hepaticologist and doctor from Dublin.
features
The mosses have ovate to lanceolate, pointed, whole-edged or serrated leaves with a thin-walled cell network.
The seta is usually elongated, thick, and the apophysis (neck of the capsule) is well developed, slender, and not inflated. The columella (central column in the spore capsule) often protrudes beyond the capsule mouth after the lid has been removed.
Location claims and distribution
The species settle on decomposed plant material, nitrified humus, dung and dead wood.
species
There are 47 species worldwide, 8 of which are represented in Germany, Austria and Switzerland:
- Tayloria acuminata , Pointed Neck Moss
- Tayloria froelichiana , Froehlich's neck moss
- Tayloria hornschuchii , Hornschuch's neck moss
- Tayloria lingulata , tongue-neck moss
- Tayloria rudolphiana , Rudolph's Trumpet Moss
- Tayloria serrata , Sawn Neck Moss
- Tayloria splachnoides , umbrella moss-like neck moss
- Tayloria tenuis , Tender Neck Moss
literature
- Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
