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BRYOPHYTA (mosses and Liverworts)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Class ANDREAEOPSIDA (rock mosses) 2 16 6   1  
Class ANTHOCEROTAE (hornworts)         1  
Class BRYOPSIDA (mosses) 134 662 328 431 20 282
Class HEPATICAE (liverworts) 61 319 167 166 15 48
Class SPHAGNOPSIDA (bog mosses) 12 45 45 20 8 71

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

No Reference (Arable land species) ?
Atherton, I., Bosanquet, S & Lawley, M. (eds), 2010 British Mosses and Liverworts - a field guide
Frey, W. Frahm, J.-P., Fischer, E. & Lobin, W., 2006 The Liverworts, Mosses and Ferns of Europe
Jahns, H.M., 1980 Ferns, Mossses and Lichens of Britain, Northern & Central Europe
Jewell, A.L., 1955 The Observer's Book of Mosses and Liverworts
Phillips, R., 1980 Grasses, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland
Watson, E. V., 1955 British Mosses and Liverworts (Ed 1)
Watson, E. V., 1968 British Mosses and Liverworts (Ed 2)
Watson, E. V., 1981 British Mosses and Liverworts (Ed 3)
Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut): http://users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons Web Site/Page

General Works

British Bryological Society (BBS) Publisher
IBRIS - International Bryophyte Research Information Service: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IBRIS/join E-forum
Journal of Bryology Journal
Fletcher, M., 2006 Moss Grower's Handbook
Hill, M.O., Preston, C.D., Bosanquet, S.D.S. & Roy, D.B., 2007 BRYOATT: Attributes of British and Irish Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts
Hodgetts, N.G., 1996 Conservation of Lower Plants in Woodland
Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N., 2005 Mosses and Liverworts
Proctor, M.C.F., 1960 Mosses and Liverworts of the Malham District
Watson, E.V., 1967 The Structure and Life of Bryophytes

BRYOPHYTA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with BRYOPHYTA:

is associate of fruitbody Loreleia postii - a toadstool (Hymenochaetales) Spooner, B.M., 1987 [often on burnt ground]
gametophyte gametophyte is associate of fruitbody Dictyonema interruptum - a lichenised bracket fungus (Polyporales: Atheliaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Spooner, B.M., 1987 Profiles of Fungi No. 2: Gerronema postii

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