Axillary hairs of 55 species
of genera Amblyodon, Aplodon, Aulacomnium, Brachymitrion, Breutelia,
Bryobrittonia, Bryum, Catoscopium, Encalypta, Funaria, Leptobryum, Meesia,
Mnium, Orthodontium, Orthotrichum, Paludella, Philonotis, Plagiomnium,
Plagiopus, Pohlia, Pyrrobryum, Rhodobryum, Rhizomnium, Splachnum, Tayloria,
Tetraplodon, Timmia, Ulota, Voitia, Zygodon are described (and illustrated
for most of genera). Axillary hair morphology is in agreement with the
placement of Leptobryum in Meesiaceae, a family close to Splachnaceae.
Similarity of axillary hairs in Encalyptaceae and Timmiaceae, as well as in Mnium
and Rhizomnium is outlined.