BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Bryochiton perpusillus Döbbeler, 1978 (a pyrenomycete)
| Notes (MWS) | A tiny pyrenomycete which is very common on the hair point on the leaves of the moss, Polytrichum piliferum |
Suggested Literature
Bryochiton perpusillus may be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
ASCOMYCOTA (spore-shooters) |
ASCOMYCETES (spore shooters) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Bryochiton perpusillus is associated with:
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ascoma | Polytrichum - a genus of hair-mosses (Polytrichales: Polytrichaceae) | embedded ascoma grows inside leaf of gametophyte | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 | |
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mycelium | Polytrichum piliferum - a hair-moss (Polytrichales: Polytrichaceae) | mycelium parasitises leaf hair point | 
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Associated with Bryochiton perpusillus:
Bryochiton perpusillus may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MYCETEAE (fungi, moulds and lichens) |
ASCOMYCETES (spore shooters) |
References
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 | Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook |
