Lescuraea saxicola

(Schimper) Molendo

in P. G. Lorentz, Moosstudien, 144, 147, 149. 1864.

Illustrated
Basionym: Lescuraea striata var. saxicola Schimper in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper, Bryol. Europ. 5: 103, plate 459. 1851
Synonyms: L. iliamniana Bescherelle & Car dot L. julacea
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page 348.

Stems golden or orange with age, weakly appressed to substrate, branches many, curved to erect, often hooked at apices; paraphyllia not much branched, sometimes nearly absent. Stem leaves not catenulate, irregular, asymmetric, weakly falcate-secund, lustrous, weakly to strongly concave, distinctly 1 (or 2)-plicate, 0.7–1.4 mm; costa orange at least at base, distal abaxial surface serrulate; alar cells smooth, walls thin, region small; proximal laminal cells usually smooth; medial cells 14–50 × 4–7 µm, slightly shorter and wider proximally; apical cells strongly prorate. Branch leaves with medial and distal laminal cells more strongly prorulose. Seta yellow-orange, slender, flexuose. Capsule yellow-orange to red-brown, 1–2 mm; exostome teeth not bordered.


Phenology: Capsules rare, mature summer (Jul–Aug).
Habitat: Granitic or sandstone boulders, outcrops, exposed mineral soil, seepage areas in subalpine and arctic-alpine regions
Elevation: moderate to high elevations (200-3400 m)

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Nfld. and Labr., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Colo., Nev., Utah, Vt., Wash., n Europe, Asia (China, India, Japan, n Russia).

Discussion

Lescuraea saxicola is distinguished from most species of Pseudoleskea by its elongate, thin-walled medial laminal cells, and from P. baileyi in lacking a hair-point.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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John R. Spence +
(Schimper) Molendo +
Lescuraea striata var. saxicola +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Colo. +, Nev. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Wash. +, n Europe +, Asia (China +, India +, Japan +  and n Russia). +
moderate to high elevations (200-3400 m) +
Granitic or sandstone boulders, outcrops, exposed mineral soil, seepage areas in subalpine and arctic-alpine regions +
Capsules rare, mature summer (Jul–Aug). +
in P. G. Lorentz, Moosstudien, +
Illustrated +
L. iliamniana +  and L. julacea +
Lescuraea saxicola +
Lescuraea +
species +