BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Polystichum (shield-ferns)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth (Hard Shield-fern)	15	1		5
Species	Polystichum lonchitis (L.) Roth (Holly Fern)			1
Species	Polystichum setiferum (Forsskaol) Moore ex Woynar (Soft Shield-fern)	9	4		6

Suggested Literature

Polystichum may be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Polystichum:

	debris (decayed)	decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Athelopsis lembospora - a basidiomycete (Polyporales: Atheliaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	frond (dead, damp, decayed)	dead, damp, decayed frond is decayed by fruitbody	Pterula multifida - a coral fungus (Agaricales: Pterulaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

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

References