Hemitrichia serpula

Sessile sporothecae, elongate and tangled, orange in color.

Peridium simple, membranous, with longitudinal dehiscencia, evanescent and disappearing with age.

Capillitium composed of profusely branched and tangled threads, 5-8 µm wide, ornamented with 3-4 spiral bands, the surface covered with scattered sharp spines reaching up to 5 µm long.

Spores globose, pale yellow with greenish tints under the microscope, ornamented with a coarse wide-meshed reticulum (2-4 meshes per hemisphere) with ridges up to 2 µm high.

Herbarium material available: JTP2046/24 and 2168/24.