Mylia taylorii
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Mylia taylorii is a species of moss in the order Jungermanniales . In German, the species is called Taylor's thin-shell moss .
features
The stems are up to seven, rarely up to ten centimeters long and up to three millimeters wide. They have long, bright rhizoids . They form upright, dark green, reddish brown to purple lawns. The flank leaves are circular or oval, they encompass half of the stem. Their front edge is mostly convex. The cuticle is clearly papillary. The lamina cells are large, around 40 × 60 micrometers in the middle of the leaf. Their cell corners are thickened triangular to knotty. Each cell contains five to twelve spherical or egg-shaped oil bodies . The female bracts are bent back. The perianth is flattened in the upper area.
Brood bodies are formed on semicircular, fringed, toothed leaves .
Distribution and locations
The species is distributed montane-oceanic and occurs in the northern hemisphere. In Germany it can be found widespread in the Alps and in the foothills of the Alps , but rarely in the low mountain ranges: Black Forest , Fichtel Mountains , Schönbuch , Odenwald , North Eifel , Harz, Thuringian Forest , Vogtland and Elbe Sandstone Mountains . You can also find it on Rügen . It grows on damp, lime-free rocks, on humus , on rotten wood and rarely on peat .
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supporting documents
- Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mylia anomala (Hook.) Gray ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.moose-deutschland.de
