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|accepted_name=Fissidens minutulus
|accepted_authority=Sullivant
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Musc. Allegh., no.
|place=183 (label 44). 1846,
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Fissidentaceae;Fissidens;Fissidens minutulus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fissidentaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Fissidens]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Fissidens minutulus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 332, 336, 349
|treatment_page=page 350
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>0.5–7.5 × 0.3 mm. <b>Stem</b> unbranched; axillary hyaline nodules absent; central strand present or absent. <b>Leaves</b> as many as 12 pairs, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, occasionally narrowly lanceolate, acute to rarely apiculate, to 1.2 × 0.2–0.3 mm; dorsal lamina narrowed proximally, ending at or sometimes before insertion; vaginant laminae 1/2 leaf length, ± equal, minor lamina ending on or near margin; margin entire but serrulate to denticulate distally, limbate on all laminae, limbidium ending a few to several cells before leaf apex, not reaching proximal end of dorsal lamina, sometimes edged by 1 or more rows of quadrate cells in proximal part of vaginant laminae, limbidial cells 1-stratose; costa ending a few cells before apex to percurrent, bryoides-type; laminal cells 1-stratose, smooth, strongly bulging, ± obscure, firm-walled, irregularly quadrate to hexagonal, mostly 6.5–10 µm, in transverse section twice as deep as wide. <b>Sexual</b> condition rhizautoicous. <b>Sporophytes</b> 1–2 per perichaetium. <b>Seta</b> 1–4.5 mm. <b>Capsule</b> theca exserted, usually erect, radially symmetric, 0.2–0.8 mm; peristome bryoides-type; operculum 0.3 mm. <b>Calyptra</b> cucullate, smooth, 0.5 mm. <b>Spores</b> 10–16 µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=Rocks and limestone along streams and in moist shaded areas, occasionally on moist shaded soil
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wis.;Europe.
|discussion=<p><i>Fissidens minutulus</i> is often confused with an expression of <i>F. bryoides</i>. The two have similar habits, and both are found on rocks at edges of streams, although <i>F. minutulus</i> is found principally on limestone, while <i>F. bryoides</i> occurs mostly on acidic rocks. Moreover, the laminal cells of <i>F. minutulus</i> are small (6–10 µm), strongly bulging, and more or less obscure, unlike the somewhat larger, more or less plane, distinct cells of <i>F. bryoides</i>. In transverse section the laminal cells of <i>F. minutulus</i> are twice as deep as wide, while those of <i>F. bryoides</i> are more or less as deep as wide. Stems of <i>F. minutulus</i> are unbranched while those of <i>F. bryoides</i> are branched.</p>
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name=Fissidens minutulus
|authority=Sullivant
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|basionyms=
|family=Fissidentaceae
|habitat=Rocks and limestone along streams and in moist shaded areas, occasionally on moist shaded soil
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;Wis.;Europe.
|reference=None
|publication title=Musc. Allegh., no.
|publication year=
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|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V27/V27_486.xml
|genus=Fissidens
|species=Fissidens minutulus
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