family Mniaceae

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family Mniaceae - family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of BryaceaeMniaceaemoss family - a family of mossesEubryales, order Eubryales - mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsulesgenus Mnium, Mnium - mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger