Sawn neck moss
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Sawn Neck Moss ( Tayloria serrata ) |
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The sawn neck moss ( Tayloria serrata ) is a deciduous moss species from the Splachnaceae family .
features
Tayloria serrata grows in yellowish-green lawns with spatulate leaves that are slightly serrated at the top and the veins of the leaves extend to the tip of the leaves. The sterile plants are habitually reminiscent of Funaria hygrometrica . The species is certainly recognizable by the rhizoid-based , club-shaped brood bodies. The often abundant sporogons are conspicuous and easy to recognize thanks to the yellow-red seta in the terrain. The spore capsule has an elongated apophysis (capsule neck), the theca (part of the spore capsule that contains the spores) is urn-shaped and the columella (central column in the spore capsule) does not protrude beyond the capsule mouth after the lid has been removed.
Location requirements
The species prefers to settle on old, decomposed manure, on animal corpses and nitrified (urine-soaked) humus over calcareous subsoil. Tayloria serrata is widespread in the Alps and is the most common member of the Splachnaceae family there . Outside the Alps, it is extremely rare and has only been reliably proven from a few higher low mountain ranges.
literature
- Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 , p. 357.
- Martin Nebel, Georg Philippi (ed.): The mosses of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 1: General part, special part (Bryophytina I, Andreaeales to Funariales). Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3527-2 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ph. Bruch , W. Ph. Schimper & Th. Gümbel : Bryologia Europaea seu genera muscorum europaeorum monographice illustrata. Vol. III, p. 204, 1836-1851. (Digitized version)
