Subclass Dicranidae can be distinguished sporophytically: the peristome teeth are haplolepideous with a 4:2:3 formula, and an exostome is commonly absent.

SPECIES:

Ceratodon purpureus

Dicranella heteromalla

Dicranoweisia cirrata

Dicranum scoparium

Dicranum tauricum

Fissidens limbatus

Grimmia pulvinata

Racomitrium elongatum

Racomitrium lanuginosum

Schistostega pennata

Syntrichia latifolia

Tortula muralis