Guide to Liverworts of Oregon: Marsupella funckii (Web. & Mohr) Dumort.

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Synonym: None.

Special Status: None; pending review.

Recognition:Small, green to reddish-brown plants; shoots erect, to 5 mm; leaves spreading, bilobed to 0.4, sinus broad, acute; lobes triangular with straight margins and acute apex; marginal cells 10-15 µm; basal cells ~2:1.

Distribution: On thin sandy soil over rock, volcanic rocks along river within flood zone.

Comments: Only one verified record from Oregon, recently found in Douglas County; also known from Tennessee (Schuster 1974).


North Umpqua River, Douglas Co., Oregon. B. McCune 33331 (OSC))



North Umpqua River, Douglas Co., Oregon. B. McCune 33331 (OSC))



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