细柄假瘤蕨 xi bing jia liu jue

Basionym: Phymatopsis tenuipes Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 187. 1964; Phymatopteris tenuipes (Ching) Pichi Sermolli.

Rhizome ca. 2 mm in diam., densely scaly; scales yellowish brown, lanceolate, 3-4 mm, margin entire, apex acuminate. Stipe straw-colored, 2-4 cm, slender, glabrous; lamina simple, narrowly oblong or obovate, 3-7 cm × 5-7 mm, base rounded or broadly cuneate, margin notched, apex obtuse. Lateral veins visible, veinlets obscure. Lamina herbaceous, both surfaces glabrous, abaxial surface glaucous, adaxial surface green. Sori orbicular, small, medial, borne on upper portion of lamina.

● Epiphytic on tree trunks or on rocks; 1300-1700 m. Guizhou, Sichuan.