Different-leaved comb calyx moss
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Different-leaved comb moss ( Lophocolea heterophylla ) |
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The different-leaved comb-calf moss ( Lophocolea heterophylla ) is a leafy liverwort from the Geocalycaceae family .
Identifying features
The plants are mostly yellowish light green in color and often grow in extensive flat coatings. The shoots are up to 3 cm long and 2 mm wide and are often richly branched. The moss is also particularly easy to recognize macroscopically, as the flank leaves are divided up to 1/3 into 2 triangular lobes in the lower part and completely rounded in the upper part. The lamina cells are about 20-30 µm wide and 30 to 40 µm long. The large sub-leaves are divided into 2 lanceolate lobes about halfway. Brood bodies are also formed in the leaf tips, but these are rare. The spore ripening is in spring.
Occurrence
The liverwort prefers low-lime, moderately acidic to neutral, moist, partially shaded locations. It colonizes rotten, fresh softwood or hardwood, but can also be found on tree bases, on dead plant remains, raw humus and rocks. The relatively weak pioneer moss occurs particularly in disturbed locations and likes to grow together with Tetraphis pellucida .
literature
- Nebel, Philippi: Die Moose Baden-Württemberg Volume 3 (Ulmer Verlag, 1st edition, 2005 ISBN 3-8001-3278-8 )
