Table 2. Main differential characters between Ulota glabella Mitt. and U in Reinstatement of the Patagonian moss Ulota glabella Mitt. (Bryophyta, Orthotrichaceae)

Table 2. Main differential characters between Ulota glabella Mitt. and U. fuegiana Mitt.
U. glabellaU. fuegianaLeaf margincrenate-denticulateentireLeaf costapapillosesmoothPerichaetial leavesas long as vegetative leaves, with sheathing baselonger than vegetative leaves, without sheathing baseCalyptranakedvariably hairy, hairs short and papilloseLid basal ringbroad and rednarrow and orangeStomatafrom urn base to near mouth, entering neckin the upper ¾ of the urn, mainly in central areaExostome color and configurationbrown-orange to pale orange; trabeculae not developedwhitish to yellowish; trabeculae well developedExostome position when dryrecurved against exothecium but not appliedrecurved and applied against exotheciumOrnamentation of external side of teethreticule well developed from base, upper ⅓–¼ with aligned crests and papillae, sometimes more uniformly papillosereticule somewhat convex and papillose at lower ½– ¾, but with scattered or longitudinally aligned papillae upwardsEndostome configuration8+n, brown-orange to pale orange, usually thin, filiform and fragile, but sometimes thicker and persistent8, whitish or hyaline, filiform and fragileEndostome ornamentationupper ½ with tufts of papillae, rarely more homogeneously papillose; with trabeculaevariably papillose, usually almost smooth, sometimes coralloid in appearance; without trabeculae