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Mouse-tail Moss

Pseudisothecium myosuroides

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 118, February 87, March 136, April 215, May 310, June 338, July 361, August 311, September 228, October 170, November 93, December 73.
United States2,522
Alaska2,439
United Kingdom259
England181
France65
Germany54
Scotland46
Washington32
Canada30
Bretagne30

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumMosses · Bryophyta
ClassJoint-toothed Mosses · Bryopsida
OrderFeather Mosses · Hypnales
FamilyLembophyllaceae
GenusPseudisothecium

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