Georgsmoos
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The Georgsmoss ( Tetraphis pellucida ), also known as the translucent four-tooth moss , owes its scientific name to the fact that the spore capsule has four peristomal teeth. It belongs to the Tetraphidaceae family .
features
The 1 to 2 cm high moss forms light green, reddish colored in the lower part, loose to dense lawns or hand-shaped large herds. A plant often forms a terminal, lens-shaped breeding cup, which contain special breeding bodies and are surrounded by free leaves. The broad, oval-shaped, entire, somewhat glossy leaves contain rounded, hexagonal lamina cells inside. Each leaf is characterized by a relatively thick leaf vein that reaches just before the tip of the leaf. The ephemeral protonema leaves are provided with leaf-like outgrowths. The sporophyte generation forms upright, symmetrical, thin-cylindrical capsules, the peristome of which has only four teeth.
Occurrence
The Georgsmoos is native to moist forests and actually occurs everywhere in the temperate latitudes of the northern hemisphere. In the lowlands, however, mostly sterile forms are to be found, while in the mountains fertile predominate. Miserable forms are not uncommon. The moss prefers rather moist, rotten wood, lime-free soil or, more rarely, raw humus as a substrate.
literature
- Jan-Peter Frahm , Wolfgang Frey : Moosflora (= UTB . 1250). 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8252-1250-5 .
- Peter Sitte , Elmar Weiler , Andreas Bresinsky , Christian Körner : Textbook of botany for universities . Founded by E. Strasburger . 34th edition. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart et al. 1998, ISBN 3-437-25500-2 (35th edition. Spectrum - Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg et al. 2002, ISBN 3-8274-1010-X ).
- Volkmar Wirth , Ruprecht Düll : Color Atlas of Lichen and Moss. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3517-5 .
