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Polytrichum formosum Hedw. (a hair-moss)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Polytrichum formosum 1 January 1975 Berks England 1
Polytrichum formosum 5 April 1970 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Polytrichum formosum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
BRYOPHYTA
(mosses and Liverworts)
BRYOPSIDA
(mosses)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Polytrichum formosum:

plant (live) live plant is associate of fruitbody Trechispora byssinella - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Sistotremataceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Polytrichum formosum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

BRYOPHYTA
(mosses and Liverworts)
BRYOPSIDA
(mosses)
Polytrichum
(a genus of hair-mosses)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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