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Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth (Hard Shield-fern)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Polystichum aculeatum Plant 8 August 2006 Derby England 7
Polystichum aculeatum Plant 12 March 2000 South Devon England 5
Polystichum aculeatum Plant 27 June 1981 Derby England 1
Polystichum aculeatum Plant 4 May 1978 West Sussex England 1
Polystichum aculeatum Plant 27 September 1975 Mid-west Yorkshire England 2

Suggested Literature

Polystichum aculeatum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
PTERIDOPHYTA
(ferns and allies)
PTEROPSIDA
(ferns)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Polystichum aculeatum:

(live) live is parasitised by telium Milesina vogesiaca - a fern rust (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Milesina vogesiaca - a fern rust (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Milesina whitei - a fern rust (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by telium Milesina kriegeriana - a fern rust (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
leaf (wet, dead) wet, dead leaf is decayed by hypophyllous, sunken, opening by a pore uredium Milesina kriegeriana - a fern rust (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Polystichum aculeatum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

PTEROPSIDA
(ferns)
Polystichum
(shield-ferns)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
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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