Liverworts of Illinois - Working List
Organized by family. The taxa listed here correspond to the current treatment on iNaturalist. Bolded taxa have observations.
Source listing the taxon for Illinois follows:
FNA (Flora North America in-progress treatments) - 81 taxa
Stotler (explicitly confirmed in Stotler & Crandall-Stotler's Synopsis of Liverwort Flora North of Mexico) - adds 4 taxa
Inv. (various inventories listed below)
Coll. (Collections)
- https://thekeep.eiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3972&context=theses (adds 8 taxa)
- https://thekeep.eiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3213&context=theses
- https://thekeep.eiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3810&context=theses (adds 1 taxon)
- https://ilacadofsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/064-39-print.pdf
- https://ilacadofsci.com/archives/261664 (adds 1 taxon)
- https://thekeep.eiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4373&context=theses
- https://bioone.org/journals/evansia/volume-27/issue-1/0747-9859-27.1.34/Sphaerocarpos-michelii-Bellardi-Sphaerocarpaceae-New-in-Illinois/10.1639/0747-9859-27.1.34.full (adds 1 taxon)
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/3241860 (adds 2 taxa)
- https://ilacadofsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/079-06-print.pdf
- https://ilacadofsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/077-11-print.pdf (adds 4 taxa)
- https://ilacadofsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/082-17-print.pdf
- https://ilacadofsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/071-30-print.pdf (adds 4 taxa)
- https://ilacadofsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/27.13.pdf
- https://ilacadofsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/073-32-print.pdf
- https://ilacadofsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/031-24-print.pdf
Order | Family | Taxon | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Blasiales | Blasiaceae | Blasia pusilla | FNA, Stotler, 1, 5 |
Fossombroniales | Fossombroniaceae | **Fossombronia cristula** | FNA, Stotler |
**Fossombronia foveolata** | FNA, 4, 10, 14 | ||
Fossombronia wondraczekii | Stotler | ||
Jungermanniales | Adelanthaceae | **Syzygiella autumnalis** | FNA, 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15 |
Anastrophyllaceae | Isopaches bicrenatus | 1, 10 | |
Blepharostomataceae | Blepharostoma trichophyllum | FNA, Stotler, 1, 6 | |
Calypogeiaceae | Asperifolia sullivantii | FNA, Stotler, 12 | |
Calypogeia integristipula | FNA | ||
Calypogeia muelleriana ssp. blomquistii | FNA | ||
Calypogeia muelleriana ssp. muelleriana | FNA, 10 | ||
**Calypogeia neogaea** | FNA, Stotler | ||
Cephaloziaceae | Cephalozia bicuspidata | FNA, 9, 13, 15 | |
**Fuscocephaloziopsis catenulata** | 10, 12 | ||
Fuscocephaloziopsis connivens | FNA, 1, 4, 12, 15 | ||
**Fuscocephaloziopsis lunulifolia** | 1, 3, 8, 12 | ||
Fuscocephaloziopsis pleniceps | 12 | ||
**Nowellia curvifolia** | FNA, 1, 6, 10, 12 | ||
**Odontoschisma denudatum** | 1 | ||
**Odontoschisma sphagni** | FNA, 8, 10, 12, 14 | ||
Cephaloziellaceae | Cephaloziella divaricata | FNA, 10, 12, 14 | |
Cephaloziella elachista | FNA | ||
**Cephaloziella hampeana** | FNA, 4, 12, 14 | ||
Cephaloziella rubella | FNA, 9, 15 | ||
Cephaloziella spinigera | FNA | ||
Endogemmataceae | Endogemma caespiticia | 15 | |
Geocalycaceae | **Geocalyx graveolens** | FNA, 1, 2, 3, 15 | |
Gymnomitriaceae | Marsupella emarginata | 12 | |
Marsupella sphacelata | 10 | ||
**Nardia lescurii** | 3 | ||
Harpanthaceae | Harpanthus scutatus | Stotler, 1, 3, 6 | |
Jungermanniaceae | Jungermannia pumila | FNA, Stotler | |
Liochlaena lanceolata | FNA, Stotler, 1, 13, 15 | ||
Lepidoziaceae | **Bazzania tricrenata var. tricrenata** | 10 | |
**Bazzania trilobata** (+var. depauperata) | FNA, Stotler, 1, 6, 8, 12 | ||
Kurzia sylvatica | 12 | ||
Lepidozia reptans | 1, 6 | ||
Lophocoleaceae | **Chiloscyphus pallescens** | FNA | |
Chiloscyphus polyanthos | FNA, 5 | ||
**Lophocolea bidentata** | 10, 12, 14, 15 | ||
Lophocolea coadunata | FNA | ||
**Lophocolea heterophylla** | FNA, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 | ||
**Lophocolea minor** | FNA, Stotler, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15 | ||
Plagiochilaceae | **Plagiochila porelloides var. porelloides** | FNA, 1, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 | |
**Plagiochila retrorsa** | FNA, Stotler, 8 | ||
Plagiochila undata | FNA, 15 | ||
**Plagiochila virginica var. virginica** | FNA | ||
Scapaniaceae | **Diplophyllum apiculatum** | 1, 3, 8, 10, 12, 14 | |
Scapania mucronata ssp. mucronata | FNA | ||
**Scapania nemorea ssp. nemorea** | FNA, 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15 | ||
**Scapania undulata** | 5, 8, 10, 12, 15 | ||
Schistochilopsis incisa | FNA, 1, 6 | ||
Solenostomataceae | **Solenostoma crenuliforme** | FNA, 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14 | |
Solenostoma fossombronioides | FNA, Stotler, 5, 10, 12, 14 | ||
Solenostoma gracillimum | FNA, 1, 10 | ||
Solenostoma hyalinum | FNA, 1, 5, 6, 14, 15 | ||
Trichocoleaceae | **Trichocolea tomentella** | FNA, 1, 3, 6, 10, 12 | |
Lunulariales | Lunulariaceae | Lunularia cruciata | |
Marchantiales | Aytoniaceae | **Asterella tenella** | FNA, 1, 10, 12, 14 |
Mannia fragrans | FNA, 1, 12 | ||
**Mannia triandra** | FNA | ||
**Reboulia hemisphaerica ssp. hemisphaerica** | FNA, 1, 2, 3, 5, 12, 14, 15 | ||
Conocephalaceae | **Conocephalum Type A** | FNA, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 | |
Dumortieraceae | **Dumortiera hirsuta ssp. hirsuta** | FNA | |
Marchantiaceae | **Marchantia polymorpha** (+**ssp. ruderalis**) | FNA, 1, 2, 5, 9, 15 | |
**Marchantia quadrata** | FNA, 1, 5, 15 | ||
Ricciaceae | Riccia austini | 14 | |
Riccia beyrichiana | FNA, 9, 14 | ||
Riccia cavernosa | FNA | ||
**Riccia dictyospora** | FNA, 2, 10, 14 | ||
**Riccia fluitans complex** | FNA, 1, 4, 14 | ||
Riccia frostii | FNA, 1 | ||
Riccia glauca var. glauca | FNA | ||
**Riccia hirta** | FNA, 10, 14 | ||
**Riccia huebeneriana ssp. sullivantii** | FNA, 15 | ||
Riccia membranacea | FNA, 14 | ||
Riccia sorocarpa | FNA, 2, 9, 15 | ||
**Ricciocarpos natans** | FNA, 1, 2, 4, 9, 15 | ||
Metzgeriales | Aneuraceae | **Aneura pinguis** | FNA, 5, 15 |
Aneura sharpii | Stotler | ||
**Riccardia latifrons ssp. latifrons** | FNA | ||
**Riccardia palmata** | FNA | ||
Metzgeriaceae | Metzgeria conjugata | 8, 10, 12, 14 | |
**Metzgeria furcata** | 10, 12 | ||
Pallaviciniales | Pallaviciniaceae | **Pallavicinia lyellii** | FNA, 12, 14 |
Pelliales | Pelliaceae | **Pellia epiphylla** | 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14 |
Porellales | Frullaniaceae | **Frullania asagrayana** | FNA, 1, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15 |
Frullania bolanderi | 1, 2 | ||
Frullania brittoniae | FNA | ||
**Frullania eboracensis** | FNA, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 | ||
Frullania ericoides | FNA, 1, 6, 12, 14 | ||
**Frullania inflata** | FNA, 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14 | ||
Frullania kunzei | FNA | ||
Frullania riparia | FNA, 1, 6, 10 | ||
Frullania virginica | FNA | ||
Jubulaceae | **Jubula pennsylvanica** | FNA, 8, 10, 12, 14 | |
Lejeuneaceae | **Cheilolejeunea clypeata** | 10, 12, 14 | |
Cheilolejeunea unciloba | 8, 12 | ||
**Cololejeunea biddlecomiae** | FNA, 1, 8, 10, 12, 14 | ||
Lejeunea cavifolia | 1, 13 | ||
Lejeunea laetevirens | 12 | ||
Lejeunea lamacerina ssp. gemminata | FNA, Stotler, 8, 12, 14 | ||
Porellaceae | **Porella pinnata** | FNA, 10, 12, 14, 15 | |
**Porella platyphylla** | FNA, 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15 | ||
Radulaceae | **Radula complanata** | FNA, 1, 6, 15 | |
**Radula obconica** | FNA, 8, 10, 12, 14 | ||
Ptilidiales | Ptilidiaceae | **Ptilidium pulcherrimum** | FNA, 1, 2, 15 |
Sphaerocarpales | Sphaerocarpaceae | Sphaerocarpos michelii | 7 |
Sphaerocarpos texanus | FNA |
Taxa for which collections exist but have no literature supporting their presence in IL:
Anastrophyllum michauxii
Apopellia endiviifolia
Bazzania denudata
Clevea hyalina
Diplophyllum albicans
Frullania dilatata
Frullania stylifera
Fuscocephaloziopsis macrostachya
Gymnomitrion concinnatum
Heterogemma capitata
Jungermannia atrovirens (probably a misnamed Liochlaena lanceolata)
Lejeunea patens
Leptoscyphus heterophyllus (probably a misnamed Lophocolea heterophylla)
Lophozia longiflora
Lophozia ventricosa
Lunularia cruciata
Marchantia paleacea
Mesoptychia badensis var. badensis
Pellia neesiana
Porella arboris-vitae
Porella obtusata
Ptilidium ciliare
Riccardia multifida
Riccia bifurca
Riccia crystallina
Riccia lamellosa
Riccia macallisteri
Riccia oerstediana
Riccia rhenana
Riccia stenophylla (fluitans complex)
Scapania apiculata (perhaps Diplophyllum apiculatum?)
Scapania bolanderi
Scapania curta
Scapania irrigua
Hornworts:
Taxon | Source |
---|---|
Anthoceros agrestis | FNA, 10, 15 |
Notothylas orbicularis | FNA, 1, 11, 14 |
Phaeoceros carolinianus | FNA, 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12, 14, 15 |
Working key to hornworts:
.1. Sporophytes ("horns") short, lying prostrate . . . Notothylas orbicularis
.1'. Sporophytes ("horns") long, upright . . . 2
.2. Black spores, mature colonies with "frilly" margins and dotted with black Nostoc colonies . . . Anthoceros agrestis
.2'. Yellow spores, mature colonies smooth, Aneura-like, lacking Nostoc colonies . . . Phaeoceros carolinianus