Macromitrium mucronifolium (Hook. & Grev.) Schawegr.
date: label: Collection Date
content: 27 Jan 1939
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: 80 - Central America
label: Collector
content: B. Willis
label: Microhabitat Description
content: On tree
notes: label: Notes
content: Transcribed from the original label.
label: Notes
content: Transcribed from paperwork found with the specimen: Leaves: general appearance - cup shape as base breaks when put under cover glass. When dry slightly crisp. Costa yes + very strong. Excurrent slightly as the leaf dips into it. Serrated - no. Margin - no. Cells: general shape 4 to 6 sided - look like swell cable stone rod. (Like no. 25). Very small. Often round about 7 m by 8 m. Papillose no. Alar cells - elongated + extend 1/4 way up leaf. Base cells - larger cell walls. Often orange brown (lods of my cromosome algae.) Sporophyte: Acrocarpous. Seta, length 1/8 inch. Color yellow. Smooth ridged. Twisted when dry no. Capsule: color light brown. Erect yes. Length: width dimensions 2.5 to 1. Surface: smooth rough. Wrinkled when dry no. Mouth obliqua no. Calyptra: Covers sompletely like a closed untorellar - ridged, scalloped at base + no hairs. Operculum: general shape. Bea klength very long - as long as the capsule. Peristome: can't find any sign of a peristome on the fitty capsule one have only what appear to be a few cilia around edge. Mucro = any abrupt point or tip, as that which terminates a leaf.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 10 Nov 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Barro Colorado Island, Brook 2 - below Conrad, Canal Zone, Panamá Oeste, Panama, Central America - Neotropics
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content: Botany
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content: Bryophytes and Lichens
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Macromitrium mucronifolium (Hook. & Grev.) Schawegr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Bryophyta Bryopsida Orthotrichales Orthotrichaceae