View source for Andreaea megistospora

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|accepted_name=Andreaea megistospora
|accepted_authority=B. M. Murray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bryologist
|place=90: 18, figs. 9–23, 25–28. 1987,
}}
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Andreaea megistospora var. epapillosa
|authority=(B. M. Murray) H. A. Crum & L. E. Anderson
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Andreaea megistospora subsp. epapillosa
|authority=B. M. Murray
}}
|hierarchy=Andreaeaceae;Andreaea;Andreaea megistospora
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Andreaeaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Andreaea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Andreaea megistospora]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=page 103, 109
|treatment_page=page 106
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>brown to black. <b>Leaves</b> erect-spreading or secund, subulate-lanceolate from an ovate base, widest in proximal half of leaf, apex symmetric; costa present, percurrent and sometimes filling the leaf apices, strong but narrow, bulging abaxially, usually reaching the leaf insertion; leaf margins entire or occasionally weakly crenulate; basal laminal cells quadrate to short-rectangular, marginal cells mostly rounded-quadrate, walls weakly pitted-sinuose; medial laminal cells rounded-quadrate, 1-stratose or 2-stratose in patches or completely, lumens rounded; laminal papillae smooth to papillose. <b>Sexual</b> condition cladautoicous or gonioatoicous; perichaetial leaves differentiated, convolute-sheathing. <b>Spores</b> (40–)50–90(–110) µm.</span><!--

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|habitat=Acidic rock
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Wash.;nw Europe.
|discussion=<p>Andreaea megistospora is distinguished from the similar A. rothii by its large spores, and may simply prove to be a large form of the latter. The variety epapillosa is a minor variant commonly occurring in mixture with the typical variety, and doubtfully warrants a name.</p>
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name=Andreaea megistospora
|author=
|authority=B. M. Murray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Andreaea megistospora var. epapillosa;Andreaea megistospora subsp. epapillosa
|basionyms=
|family=Andreaeaceae
|habitat=Acidic rock
|elevation=low to moderate elevations
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Wash.;nw Europe.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bryologist
|publication year=
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|genus=Andreaea
|species=Andreaea megistospora
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