Moss Leaves
by T. Thekathyil
This series of moss micrographs takes its inspiration from Buck, Vitt & Malcolm's Key to the Genera of Australian Mosses - currently out of print.
Identification of mosses is largely by examination of leaf and capsule; cell arrangement is sufficiently distinctive to pin difficult subjects. But as the book's title suggests, this is only good to genus level.
Magnification refers to microscope objective used. We have tried to use the same scale to depict cells so they may be useful for comparison but this is not always practical. Click on the thumbnails to view larger images.
 Achrophyllum dentatum |
 Brachythecium rutabulum |
 Calyptopogon mnioides |
 Eurhynchium praelonga |
 Hymenodon pilifer |
 Hypnodendron spininervium |
 Leptotheca gaudichaudii |
 Mittenia plumula |
 Philonotis tenuis |
 Pogonatum subulatum |
 Ptychomnion aciculare |
 Pyrrhobryum mnioides |
 Racopilum cuspidigerum |
 Rhizogonium distichum |
 Rosulabryum billarderi |
 Sauloma tenella |
Overflow:
- Atrichum androgynum
- Barbula calycina
- Calomnion complanatum
- Calyptrochaeta brownii
- Ceratodon purpureus
- Cyathophorum bulbosum
- Dicranoloma dicarpum
- Dicranoweisia sp.
- Fissidens asplenioides
- Funaria hygrometrica
- Goniobryum subbasilare
- Grimmia sp.
- Hypnodendron vitiense
- Leptostomum inclinans
- Lopidium concinnum
- Papillaria flavolimbata
- Pholia flexulosa
- Sphagnum cristatum
- Thuidium sparsum var. hastatum
- Wijkia extenuata
Reference:
W.R. Buck, D.H. Vitt & W.M. Malcolm, Key to the Genera of
Australian Mosses, Flora of Australia Supplementary Series
Number 14, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
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