Shiny wing leaf moss
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The glossy wing leaf moss ( Hookeria lucens ) is a pleurocarpes deciduous moss from the family Hookeriaceae . In Europe this species is the only representative of the genus Hookeria .
features
Hookeria lucens is a species that is easily recognizable even in the field. It forms strong, flat, pale green, shiny and often extensive lawns. Characteristic is the flattened foliage with the large, egg-shaped leaves, whose conspicuously large-meshed cell network is visible to the naked eye.
The plants are about 3 to 6 centimeters long and up to 1 centimeter wide, are not very branched and have flattened leaves. The densely set, egg-shaped leaves from a short, very narrow base are 4 to 6 millimeters long, often slightly asymmetrical, flat and entire, their tips rounded to blunt. A vein is missing (or can it be briefly indicated?). The large leaf cells are rhombic to six-sided, thin-walled, smooth and transparent.
Sporophytes have a 1 to 2 centimeter long, thick, smooth and reddish seta , an egg-shaped, inclined to horizontal capsule with a beaked lid and a cap-shaped and slightly lobed kalyptra at the base . The almost smooth, olive-brownish spores are 12 to 19 µm in size. The moss is monoecious .
Location requirements
Hookeria lucens grows in humid and precipitation-rich areas (annual precipitation about 1000 millimeters and more) in shady, permanently moist to wet, lime-free or lime-poor areas, preferably in forests on earth and on lime-poor rocks, often in the vicinity of springs or in wet alder or alder trees Willow stands.
distribution
The moss is not uncommon in the montane areas of southern Germany and in the Alps. In Europe, the main area of distribution is in the Atlantic-subatlantic area in the west. The border to the north, east and south is roughly formed by the Faroe Islands, Holland, western Germany and the Alps. There are also isolated occurrences in southern Scandinavia, in the Sudetes and Carpathians, in the coastal area of the Black Sea and in the Mediterranean area.
In addition to the European occurrences, there are those on the Atlantic islands of Madeira and the Azores, in Southwest Asia, North America and in North Africa.
Taxonomy
Synonyms are: Hypnum lucens Hedw., Leskea lucens (Hedw.) Lam. & DC., Pterygophyllum lucens (Hedw.) Brid.
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 2: Special part, (Bryophytina II, Schistostegales to Hypnobryales). Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3530-2 .
