Pseudomarsupidium decipiens (Hook.) Grolle

Oliveira-Da-Silva, Fúvio Rubens, Gradstein, S. Robbert, Viana, Pedro Lage, G., Carlos Ernesto, Schaefer, R. & Ilkiu-Borges, Anna Luiza, 2022, Bryophytes from Uei tepui (Serra do Sol), with liverworts new to Brazil and the description of Leptoscyphus incisus sp. nov., Cryptogamie, Bryologie 20 (4), pp. 51-64 : 54

** Pseudomarsupidium decipiens (Hook.) Grolle

SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Uei tepui, woodland in crevice, on Polypodiaceae , 5°00’25”N, 60°36’52”W, alt. 2046 m, Viana et al. 6275; on tree trunks, 5°00’25”N, 60°36’52”W, alt. 2046 m, Viana et al. 6281.

REMARKS

Pseudomarsupidium decipiens is a widespread species (tropical America, Africa, western Europe) that was first recorded from Brazil by Gradstein & Costa (2003, as Adelanthus decipiens (Hook.) Mitt. ) from Serra do Itatiaia and Serra Caparaó. This species is currently known from five states in the Atlantic forest region ( Flora do Brasil 2020) and usually grows on rotten trunks in upper montane forests, at 1800- 2350 m. Pseudomarsupidium decipiens is distinguished by subtransverse rounded leaves with two small, well-spaced teeth at the leaf apex and stems with a stoloniferous base. Some Brazilian plants have scattered teeth along the upper parts of the ventral and dorsal leaf margins ( Gradstein & Costa 2003), however, the specimens examined in this study does not possess this feature.