Guide to Liverworts of Oregon: Key to Genera 60

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1b plants leafy > 3b leaves not divided, not ciliate > 6a oil bodies 2+ or unknown > 7b no small dorsal lobe > 10a succubous > 11a anisophyllous > 12b leaves lobed > 37b if rhizoids red, stems red > 38a shoots wider than 1 mm > 39b underleaves inconspicuous > 55b leaves succubous > 58b shoots >1.2 mm wide > 59b lobes acute or oil bodies >12 > 60


Rivulariella gemmipara - Three Sisters Wilderness, Lane Co., Oregon. DHW m1769.


60a Aquatic, attached to stones in running water; dark green to blackish; oil bodies homogeneous to finely granulose; fasciculate, multi-cellular gemmae present on upper leaf margins; usually with sporadic large underleaves; rare, alpine
Rivulariella gemmipara


Lophozia sudetica - Horsepasture Mountain, Lane Co., Oregon. DHW m1991.


60b Terrestrial, on various substrates; plants usually greenish to light brown or reddish; oil bodies various; gemmae, if present, 1-2 celled
(Couplet 61)


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