Funariales

Funaria hygrometrica

The Funariales are an order akrokarper mosses and the only order of the subclass Funariidae. It comprises two families with about 250 species and is represented worldwide, all representatives grow terrestrially.

Features

The Moose are very small to medium in size and usually grow annuals or small cushions on the ground. You are akrokarp and usually have large central strands. The leaves are ovate to lanceolate. The lamina cells are loose and smooth and rectangular to hexagonal. The Seta is usually elongated, straight or even curved. The ovate to elliptic capsules are sunk to pre-stretched, erect or curved, symmetrical to highly asymmetrical. The spores are of variable form, the calyptra is large, typically lobed and cut or miter -shaped.

Occurrence

The world's occurring Funariales grow primarily on nutrient- rich sites, but always terrestrial.

System

The order of Funariales is divided into two families:

• Funariaceae
• Disceliaceae, one way zirkumboreal, on clay soils Discelium nudum

Types of Funariales can and some include genre boundaries, hybridize with each other.

Evidence

• Mosses
• Bryophyta