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|accepted_name=Plagiothecium laetum
|accepted_authority=Schimper in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper, Bryol. Europ.
|place=5: 185, plate 495. 1851
|year=1851
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Plagiothecium curvifolium
|authority=Schliephacke ex Limpricht
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|name=P. decursivifolium
|authority=Kindberg
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|name=P. denticulatum var. laetum
|authority=(Schimper) Lindberg
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|name=P. denticulatum var. microcarpum
|authority=Renauld & Cardot
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|name=P. denticulatum var. tenellum
|authority=Schimper
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. laetum var. neomexicanum
|authority=Cardot
}}
|hierarchy=Plagiotheciaceae;Plagiothecium;Plagiothecium laetum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plagiotheciaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Plagiothecium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Plagiothecium laetum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 28
|mention_page=page 484
|treatment_page=page 488
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>in dense mats, light green to yellowish, glossy. <b>Stems</b> to 2 cm, 1–3(–4) mm wide across leafy stem, prostrate, complanate-foliate or rarely somewhat julaceous. <b>Leaves</b> erect or spreading, sometimes secund with apices pointing toward substratum, imbricate or rarely distant, oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, asymmetric, flat, often slightly undulate, 0.7–2.6 × 0.3–1.2 mm; margins plane or often narrowly recurved nearly to apex, entire or sometimes with few serrulations at apex; apex slender-acuminate, not abruptly contracted; costa ending just beyond leaf base or rarely with one branch to mid leaf, sometimes ecostate; alar cells rectangular, 40–100 × 9–29 µm, in 1–5 vertical rows, terminating in 1 cell at base, region triangular; medial laminal cells 96–168 × 4–10 µm. <b>Specialized</b> asexual reproduction usually present as propagula, 40–86 × 8–14 µm, of 3–6 cells borne in leaf axils. <b>Sexual</b> condition autoicous, usually fruiting. <b>Seta</b> orange-brown to red, 1–1.6 cm, straight or curved. <b>Capsule</b> erect to cernuous, light brown to orange-brown when mature, straight to arcuate, 0.5–2 × 0.4–0.7 mm, smooth when dry or rarely wrinkled at neck when arcuate; operculum conic to short-rostrate, 0.3–0.8 mm; endostome cilia 1–3, sometimes absent. <b>Spores</b> 9–14 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Capsules mature summer.
|habitat=Coniferous woods on rotten logs, stumps, base of trees, humus, soil, overlying boulders and cliffs
|elevation=low to high elevations (100-3100 m)
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Idaho;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Plagiothecium laetum</i> has a history of being confused with <i>P. denticulatum</i> in North America (R. R. Ireland 1969b). <i>Plagiothecium laetum</i> can be distinguished by its small leaves, 0.7–2.6 mm, with narrow medial laminal cells, 4–10 µm, triangular decurrencies composed of rectangular cells, and usually smooth capsules; <i>Plagiothecium denticulatum</i> has larger leaves, 1.5–4 mm, broader medial cells, 12–21 µm, usually oval decurrencies composed of some oval cells, and capsules striate when dry. This treatment includes P. curvifolium in the synonymy of <i>P. laetum</i>. Plants referred to P. curvifolium have smooth, secund leaves pointing toward the substratum, decurrencies of 3–5 rows of cells, composed of rectangular cells mixed with some inflated, quadrate or spheric medial cells, and capsules usually cernuous and often arcuate. These characters do not always correlate, and the plants seem best considered environmental forms of the variable <i>P. laetum</i>.</p>
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name=Plagiothecium laetum
|author=
|authority=Schimper in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Plagiothecium curvifolium;P. decursivifolium;P. denticulatum var. laetum;P. denticulatum var. microcarpum;P. denticulatum var. tenellum;P. laetum var. neomexicanum
|basionyms=
|family=Plagiotheciaceae
|phenology=Capsules mature summer.
|habitat=Coniferous woods on rotten logs, stumps, base of trees, humus, soil, overlying boulders and cliffs
|elevation=low to high elevations (100-3100 m)
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Idaho;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mont.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=in P. Bruch and W. P. Schimper, Bryol. Europ.
|publication year=1851
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Plagiothecium
|species=Plagiothecium laetum
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