Fuscocephaloziopsis leucantha
| Common Name | None |
| Quick & Dirty ID | XXXXXX |
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Distinguishing Features
A glistening, transluscent green species of wet logs and decaying organic matter in peaty places, Fuscocephaloziopsis leucantha has leafy shoots less than 1 mm that scramble lace-like over thier substrate. The symmetrically bilobes leaves are longer than wide with a deep sinus that descends more than 1/2 of the leaf’s length, with loe tips that are parallel (not convergent). Leaves are distantly spaced and attached just a little obliquely across the width of the stem. With a microscope or strong hand lens the leaves can be seen in more detail, revealing the lobes as only 4 cells wide, their tips two cells long by one cell wide and leaf cells that lack oil bodies.
Similar species
The lack of oil bodies and leaves wider than the stem distinguish C. leucantha from species of Cephaloziella, which have leaves narrower than the stem and leaf cells with oil bodies. If their peaty habitat, likely only to be confused with other species of Cephalozia and Fuscocephaloziopsis. Amongst these, only C. bicuspidata and C. macounii have leaves attached mostly across the width of the stem as they are in F. leucantha. In all other species of Fuscocephaloziopsis, the leaves are attached mostly along the length of the stem.
Habitat
Moist to mesic humus, cliffs, and bogs in the lowland and montane zones; rare in coastal, southeast, and northern British Columbia.
Associated species
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Relevant Literature
- Godfrey, J.D. (1977). Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of southwestern British Columbia . [Doctoral dissertation, University of British Columbia]. UBC cIRcle.
- Hong, W. S. (2007). Scapania. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Eds.), Flora of North America North of Mexico (Vol. 3) . Oxford University Press.
- Wagner, D. H. (2013). Guide to the liverworts of Oregon: Scapania undulata . Oregon State University Herbarium.