''Cryptomitrium'' is a genus of complex

thalloid Thallus (: thalli), from Latinized Greek (), meaning "a green shoot" or "twig", is the vegetative tissue of some organisms in diverse groups such as algae, fungi, some liverworts, lichens, and the Myxogastria. A thallus usually names the entire ...

liverworts in the family

Aytoniaceae Aytoniaceae is a family of liverworts in the order Marchantiales Marchantiales is an order of thallose liverworts (also known as "complex thalloid liverworts") that includes species like '' Marchantia polymorpha'', a widespread plant often fo ...

. The genus name means “hidden turban” in reference to the inconspicuous sheath around the immature sporangium.

Description

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bearing receptacles are unlobed on elongate, somewhat grooved stalks, which appear pale throughout or brownish purple near the base. The receptacle is a convex-expanded disc, thinning towards the margins. Mature

sporangia A sporangium (from Late Latin, ; : sporangia) is an enclosure in which spores are formed. It can be composed of a unicellular organism, single cell or can be multicellular organism, multicellular. Virtually all plants, fungus, fungi, and many ot ...

are brown, nearly spherical with very short seta, three to seven per receptacle, each opening by a lid-like operculum. The sporangia mature in early spring.

Species

This genus includes the following species: *'' Cryptomitrium himalayense''

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*'' Cryptomitrium oreades'' Perold *'' Cryptomitrium tenerum'' (

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17295670 Aytoniaceae Marchantiales genera Taxa named by Lucien Marcus Underwood Taxa described in 1884