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|accepted_name=Diphyscium mucronifolium
|accepted_authority=Mitten in F. Dozy and J. H. Molkenboer
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in F. Dozy and J. H. Molkenboer, Bryol. Jav.
|place=1: 35, plate 26. 1855,
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Diphyscium cumberlandianum
|authority=Harvill
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|name=Diphyscium involutum
|authority=Mitten
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|hierarchy=Diphysciaceae;Diphyscium;Diphyscium mucronifolium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Diphysciaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Diphyscium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Diphyscium mucronifolium]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 27
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 163
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>dark green to brownish, somewhat glossy, tightly affixed to substratum. <b>Stems</b> 0.5–1 mm, erect, strongly radiculose. <b>Leaves</b> 0.5–5 mm, and somewhat crisped when dry, apex acute, the most proximal leaves reduced, laminal cells smooth, margins entire. <b>Perichaetial</b> leaves with smooth awn, 9–12 mm, lamina at awn base lacerate but not membranaceous. <b>Capsule</b> narrowly ovoid, 2–3 mm, stomata absent, mature capsules sheathed in penicellate perichaetium, awns extending more than twice the length of the immersed capsule. <b>Spores</b> 9–12 µm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Sporophytes infrequent, capsules mature summer.
|habitat=Always on somewhat shaded humid rock surfaces, especially sandstones, conglomerate, and schist
|elevation=moderate elevations (900-1000 m)
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;N.C.;Tenn.;Va.;Asia (China;India;Japan;Philippines;Sri Lanka).
|discussion=<p>Diphyscium mucronifolium is an example of an east Asian disjunctive species, and is found only as local, small populations.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=harvill1950a
|text=Harvill, A. M. 1950. Diphyscium cumberlandianum, a pre-Pliocene relic with palaeotropical affinities. Bryologist 53: 277–282.
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name=Diphyscium mucronifolium
|author=
|authority=Mitten in F. Dozy and J. H. Molkenboer
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Diphyscium cumberlandianum;Diphyscium involutum
|basionyms=
|family=Diphysciaceae
|phenology=Sporophytes infrequent, capsules mature summer.
|habitat=Always on somewhat shaded humid rock surfaces, especially sandstones, conglomerate, and schist
|elevation=moderate elevations (900-1000 m)
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;N.C.;Tenn.;Va.;Asia (China;India;Japan;Philippines;Sri Lanka).
|reference=harvill1950a
|publication title=in F. Dozy and J. H. Molkenboer, Bryol. Jav.
|publication year=
|special status=
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|genus=Diphyscium
|species=Diphyscium mucronifolium
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