ON TWO EAST ASIAN SPECIES OF BRACHYTHECIUM (BRACHYTHECIACEAE, MUSCI)

Abstract

  Brachythecium auriculatum A. Jaeger was synonymized with Palamocladium leskeoides by Hoffman (1998). The present study shows their independence. Brachythecium complanatum Broth. is reported from Japan for the first time; this species was confused before with the superficially similar B. garovaglioides (=B. wichurae). Descriptions and illustrations of both species are provided.