On a bryophyte collection from the Maltese Islands Author Schäfer-VERwIMP, Alfons Author VERwIMP, Inge Mittlere Letten 11, 88634 Herdwangen-SchÖnach (Germany) moos. alfons @ kabelbw. de alfons@kabelbw.de text Cryptogamie, Bryologie 2019 2019-04-10 20 4 19 29 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2019v40a4 journal article 10.5252/cryptogamie-bryologie2019v40a4 1776-0992 Phascum cuspidatum Hedw. var. piliferum (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor MATERIAL EXAMINED . — Loc. 6, 38455/ A ; Loc. 10, 38480; Loc. 15, 38524/ B ; Loc. 22, 38578. All c. spor. REMARKS Because of the longly excurrent costa (often up to 1 mm ), all specimens have been referred to var. piliferum , though the rectangular superficial ventral cells of the costa may indicate a closer relationship to var. cuspidatum ( Flora Briofítica Ibérica III : 177ff.). Phascum cuspidatum has been included in the Red Data Book by Lanfranco (1989 : “not recorded since 1876...”), and Frahm & Lüth (2008) found it twice (one cited as P. cuspidatum , the second as var. piliferum ).