Brown's four-tooth moss
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Brown's four-tooth moss ( Tetrodontium brownianum ) |
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Brown's four-toothed moss ( Tetrodontium brownianum ) is a deciduous moss species from the Tetraphidaceae family .
features
The tiny moss grows from a protonema with perennial ribbon-shaped protonema leaves. The lawns are 1–2 mm high and brownish-green. The species is often fruiting and forms ovate-cylindrical sporophytes with the characteristic tetradentate peristomes . The spore ripening is in summer.
Location requirements
Tetrodontium brownianum usually grows overhanging in hollows and crevices on lime-free, permanently moist sandstone . The species is more rarely found on other silicate rocks such as granite . The places of growth are in ravines and valleys with high humidity. Typical accompanying mosses are Diplophyllum albicans , Heterocladium heteropterum , Tetraphis pellucida and, in drier places, the light moss .
distribution
The species is widespread and occurs in much of Asia , Europe , New Zealand and North America . In Europe, their occurrences range from Norway to the Pyrenees and Turkey .
In Germany, the moss is mainly found in the colored and chalk sandstone areas. The main areas of distribution are the Palatinate Forest , Swabian-Franconian Forest , Northern Black Forest and the Elbe Sandstone Mountains . Outside these areas the species is very rare.
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 .
