New bryophyte records from the Mediterranean region of Chile Larraín, Juan Cano, María J. Jiménez, Juan A. Cryptogamie, Bryologie 2020 2020-07-28 20 11 131 140 6ZPWM (Mull. Frib.) S. Winkl. ex Grolle Grolle Mull. Frib. Jungermanniopsida Stephaniellaceae Stephaniellidium Plantae Jungermanniales 3 132 Marchantiophyta species sleumeri    REMARKS This taxon is easily overlooked because it often grows slightly buried in the soil and it is easily covered with vascular plants and other bryophytes when the growing season starts. But it is readily distinguished by the succubous, concave, plicate leaves with several (at least three) longitudinal folds, and the sporophyte that develops from a subterranean marsupium, densely tomentose.   Stephaniellidium sleumeriis an Andean taxon, previously recorded for NW Argentina, south Brazil, Peru, Colombiaand Venezuela( Gradstein et al.2001; Schuster 2002). It has been found to be a common species of the ephemeral bryophyte flora in central Chile, growing on exposed bare soil within dry shrubland and open  Acacia cavensavannas, between sea level and 660 ma.s.l. A complete description and illustrations of this species are given by Müller (1951), and Schuster (2002).