View source for Encalypta spathulata

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|accepted_name=Encalypta spathulata
|accepted_authority=Müller Hal.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syn. Musc. Frond.
|place=1: 519. 1849,
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Encalyptaceae;Encalypta;Encalypta spathulata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Encalyptaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Encalypta]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Encalypta spathulata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 173
|treatment_page=page 178
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>to 10 mm, central strand weakly differentiated, cells very thin-walled. <b>Leaves</b> oblong to lingulate or ligulate, 1.5–3 mm, apices obtuse to broadly acute, hair-pointed, margins plane, weakly bordered; costa excurrent, awns shorter than leaf lamina, smooth, narrow; laminal cells 12–18 µm; basal cells rectangular, 30–70 µm, smooth; basal marginal cells weakly differentiated, in 12–18 rows, longer than laminal cells. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction absent. <b>Seta</b> 3–8 mm, dark red. <b>Capsule</b> short-cylindric, 1–2 mm, weakly striate to ribbed, gymnostomous, yellowish brown, exothecial cells rectangular to linear, walls thickened; peristome absent; operculum 0.5 mm. <b>Calyptra</b> 2–4 mm, lacerate at base, smooth. <b>Spores</b> 26–35 µm, warty, brown.</span><!--

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|habitat=Forming extensive mats on calcareous soils of disturbed sites
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Idaho;Mont.;Wyo.;Europe;c Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Encalypta spathulata</i> is very similar to <i>E. rhaptocarpa</i> but differs in the fringed calyptra base and weakly striate, eperistomate capsule. The gymnostomous capsules and long awn will separate <i>E. spathulata</i> from other species of the genus.</p>
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name=Encalypta spathulata
|author=
|authority=Müller Hal.
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|parent rank=genus
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|family=Encalyptaceae
|habitat=Forming extensive mats on calcareous soils of disturbed sites
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Idaho;Mont.;Wyo.;Europe;c Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syn. Musc. Frond.
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|genus=Encalypta
|species=Encalypta spathulata
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