BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

PTEROPSIDA (ferns)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Family	ADIANTACEAE (parsley and maidenhair ferns)	2
Species	Adiantum capillus-veneris L. (Maidenhair Fern)		11			1	1
Species	Cryptogramma crispa (L.) R.Br. ex Hook. (Parsley Fern)		3
Family	ASPLENIACEAE (spleenworts)	10
Genus	Asplenium (spleenworts)	8	37	24	4	3	8
Species	Ceterach officinarum DC. (Rustyback)		15	7	2
Species	Phyllitis scolopendrium (L.) Newman (Hart’s Tongue Fern)		7	2	8	1	6
Family	AZOLLACEAE (water ferns)	1
Species	Azolla filiculoides Lam. (Water Fern)		5	3		1	2
Family	BLECHNACEAE (hard ferns)	1
Genus	Blechnum (hard-ferns)	1	11		7		7
Family	DENNSTAEDTIACEAE (brackens)	1
Species	Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn (Bracken)		16	8		1	119
Family	DICKSONIACEAE (a family of tree ferns)	1
Species	Dicksonia antarctica Labill. (Australian Tree Fern)						2
Species	Doodia aspera (a fern)					1
Family	DRYOPTERIDACEAE (buckler ferns)	12
Species	Cyrtomium falcatum (L.f.) Copel (House Holly-fern)					1
Genus	Dryopteris (buckler ferns)	8	30	45	15	2	52
Genus	Polystichum (shield-ferns)	3	24	5		1	13
Family	HYMENOPHYLLACEAE (filmy ferns)	1
Species	Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook. (Wilson's Filmy Fern)					1	1
Family	MARSILEACEAE (pillworts)	1
Species	Pilularia globulifera L. (Pillwort)		3	11		2
Family	OPHIOGLOSSACEAE (adder’s tongues)	2	11				1
Family	OSMUNDACEAE (royal ferns)	1
Species	Osmunda regalis L. (Royal Fern)		14			2	3
Family	POLYPODIACEAE (polypodies)	2
Genus	Polypodium (polypodies)	2	19	1	22		9
Family	THELYPTERIDACEAE (a family of ferns)	3	9			1	4
Family	WOODSIACEAE (lady ferns)	6	55	20	13	4	19
Informal	(Tree Ferns) (Tree Ferns)	2					4

Suggested Literature

General Works

Byfield, A., 2006	Victorian pteridomania - Britain's fern craze
Lowe, C.J., 2005	Urban / suburban ferns

PTEROPSIDA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

PLANTAE
(plants)

PTERIDOPHYTA
(ferns and allies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with PTEROPSIDA:

(dead)	dead may have epiphytic fruitbody	Athelia pyriformis - a resupinate fungus (Polyporales: Atheliaceae)	Eriksson, J., & Ryvarden, L., 1973
(live)	live may have epiphytic fruitbody	Athelia pyriformis - a resupinate fungus (Polyporales: Atheliaceae)	Eriksson, J., & Ryvarden, L., 1973
	is associate of	Aneugmenus fürstenbergensis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
	is associate of	Aneugmenus temporalis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
	is associate of	Pseudohemitaxonus sharpi - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
debris (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Mycena pterigena - a bonnet (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Oliveonia pauxilla - a jelly fungus (Ceratobasidiales: Oliveoniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Parvobasidium cretatum - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Cystostereaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Repetobasidiellum fusisporum - a basidiomycete (Polyporales: Sistotremataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Sistotrema brinkmannii - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Sistotremataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Trechispora cohaerens - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Sistotremataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Trechispora confinis - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Sistotremataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Trechispora minima - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Sistotremataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Trechispora praefocata - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Sistotremataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Phlebiella filicina - a resupinate fungus (Polyporales: Xenasmataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed debris may have fruitbody	Tomentella lilacinogrisea - a resupinate fungus (Thelephorales: Thelephoraceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris (dead, decaying)	dead, decaying debris is decayed by fruitbody	Typhula todei - a minute club fungus (Agaricales: Typhulaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris (decayed)	decayed debris is decayed by fruitbody	Athelopsis galzinii - a basidiomycete (Polyporales: Atheliaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
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
debris	debris is decayed by fruitbody	Sistotrema diademiferum - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Sistotremataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris	debris is decayed by fruitbody	Phlebiella christiansenii - a resupinate fungus (Polyporales: Xenasmataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
debris	debris is decayed by fruitbody	Basidiodendron radians - a basidiomycete fungus (Tremellales: Exidiaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
frond (dead)	dead frond is decayed by basidiome	Cephaloscypha mairei - a cyphelloid fungus (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae)	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
frond (decayed)	decayed frond is decayed by fruitbody	Psilocybe inquilinus - a brownie (Agaricales: Strophariaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
frond (dying or moribund)	dying or moribund frond is decayed by basidiome	Ceratobasidium cornigerum - a resupinate fungus (Ceratobasidiales: Ceratobasidiaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
frond (moribund)	moribund frond is parasitised by	Herpobasidium filicinum - a ustilaginomycete (Platygloeaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
frond (moribund)	moribund frond is decayed by fruitbody	Athelia acrospora - a resupinate fungus (Polyporales: Atheliaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
frond (sickly)	sickly frond is parasitised by	Herpobasidium filicinum - a ustilaginomycete (Platygloeaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
frond	frond is galled by larva	Chirosia betuleti - a fly (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
frond	frond is galled by larva	Chirosia grossicauda - an anthomyiid fly (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
frond	frond is grazed by larva	Aneugmenus coronatus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
frond	frond is grazed by larva	Strombocerus delicatulus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
frond	frond is grazed by larva	Strongylogaster filicis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
frond	frond is grazed by larva	Strongylogaster lineata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
frond	frond is grazed by larva	Strongylogaster macula - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
frond	frond is associate of larva	Aneugmenus padi - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
rootstock	rootstock may contain larva	Syagrius intrudens - Fern Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002 [native and introduced]
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by basidiome	Cephaloscypha mairei - a cyphelloid fungus (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by fruitbody	Flagelloscypha pilatii - a cyphelloid fungus (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [fide Rea, 1922]
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by fruitbody	Hemimycena gypsella - a toadstool (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by fruitbody	Luellia recondita - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Atheliaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead)	dead stem is associate of basidiocarp	Tremella invasa - a brain fungus (Tremellales: Tremellaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody	Parvobasidium cretatum - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Cystostereaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody	Subulicium lautum - a resupinate basidiomycete (Polyporales: Hyphodermataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead, decayed)	dead, decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody	Trechispora stellulata - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Sistotremataceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (decayed)	decayed stem is decayed by fruitbody	Clavulicium delectabile - a basidiomycete (Cantharellales: Clavulinaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem	stem may contain larva	Syagrius intrudens - Fern Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002 [native and introduced]
stem	stem may contain larva	Heptamelus ochroleucus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952

References

Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Eriksson, J., & Ryvarden, L., 1973	The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 2 Aleurodiscus - Confertobasidium
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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