Tortula muralis Hedw.
(Wall Screw-moss)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTortula muralis (Wall Screw-moss)
GenusTortula (a genus of pottia and screw-mosses)
FamilyPOTTIACEAE (beard-. beardless, earth-, pottia, stubble-, crispy- and screw-mosses)
OrderDICRANALES (pocket, fork and dog-tooth mosses)
SubclassEUBRYIDEAE (acrocarpus and pleurocarpous mosses)
ClassBRYOPSIDA (mosses)
PhylumBRYOPHYTA (mosses)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Tortula muralis (Wall Screw-moss) :
1: Tortula muralis (Wall Screw-moss)
23 Jan 1977 OSGR: SU93 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
on stone wall
Image 1: Gametophyte - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Gametophyte - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: In fruit - enlarged
2: Tortula muralis (Wall Screw-moss)
23 Jan 1977 OSGR: SU93 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
on stone wall
Image 1: In situ - with unripe fruits and some older ripe ones
3: Tortula muralis (Wall Screw-moss)
2 Feb 1975 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on old concrete foundation
Image 1: In situ - enlarged
4: Tortula muralis (Wall Screw-moss)
1 Feb 1975 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on concrete
Image 1: In situ - enlargedImage 2: Leaf cells - magnifiedImage 3: Leaf tip with hair point - magnified

Tortula muralis (Wall Screw-moss) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tortula muralis (Wall Screw-moss)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tortula muralis (Wall Screw-moss)
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