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Category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space
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bryales
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Bryales is an order of mosses , including the following families : Bryaceae Catoscopiaceae Leptostomataceae Mniaceae Phyllodrepaniaceae Pseudoditrichaceae Pulchrinodaceae The order used to be defined broadly to include the Rhizogoniales , but is now used ...
Usage examples of bryales.
The development of the sporogonium proceeds as in the Bryales, but the dome-shaped archesporium extends over the summit of the columella and an air-space is wanting.
In all other Bryales there is a definite columella extending from the base to the apex of the capsule, the archesporium is derived from the outermost layer of cells of the endothecium, and an air space is formed between the spore-sac and the wall.
This isolated example thus appears to approach the Bryales in its mode of dehiscence.
Modern classifications of the Bryales depend mainly on the construction of the peristome.