Microlejeunea ulicina
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Microlejeunea ulicina is a species of moss from the order of the Jungermanniales .
features
The plants are 0.4 millimeters wide, delicate and yellow-green. The flank blades are put away. The upper lobes are rounded or broadly oval, their tip is rounded. The leaf margin is notched. The lower lobes are half to three quarters the size of the upper lobes, they are inflated and have a unicellular tip. The sub-leaves are oval, divided into three quarters into two lobes. Each cell contains three to eight oil bodies .
Distribution and locations
The species is distributed in southern and western Europe, further in tropical and South Africa, in Macaronesia , Asia and North America. In Germany it can be found in the Chiemgau, in southwest Germany and in Rhineland-Palatinate.
It grows on bark , more rarely on rotten wood, mostly creeping between plants of the genus Metzgeria .
supporting documents
- Jan-Peter Frahm, Wolfgang Frey, J. Döring: Moosflora. 4th edition. (UTB for Science, Volume 1250). Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-2772-5 (Ulmer) & ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 (UTB).