Dicranum scoparium Hedw.
(Broom Fork-moss)

Interactions where Dicranum scoparium is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
(live, esp. corticolous) live, esp. corticolous gametophyte is parasitised by fruitbody Chromocyphella muscicola Moss Ear Agaricales: Chromocyphellaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Chromocyphellaceae/Chromocyphella muscicola/Chromocyphella muscicolamoss earfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Dicranales/Dicranaceae/Dicranum scoparium/Dicranum scopariumbroom fork-mosslive, esp. corticolousgametophyte fruitbody parasitises live, esp. corticolous gametophyte
stem tomentum (whitened) whitened stem tomentum of gametophyte may house mycelium Arrhenia latispora a toadstool Agaricales: Tricholomataceae Mosses and Liverworts, Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Arrhenia latispora/Arrhenia latisporaa toadstoolmycelium Plant / grows among /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Dicranales/Dicranaceae/Dicranum scoparium/Dicranum scopariumbroom fork-mosswhitenedstem tomentumgametophyte mycelium grows among whitened stem tomentum of gametophyte

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N., 2005Mosses and LiverwortsNew Naturalist, 480pp, HarperCollins

Dicranum scoparium (Broom Fork-moss) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Dicranum scoparium (Broom Fork-moss) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDicranum scoparium (Broom Fork-moss)
GenusDicranum (a genus of fork-mosses)
FamilyDICRANACEAE (a family of fork- and forklet-mosses)
OrderDICRANALES (pocket, fork and dog-tooth mosses)
SubclassEUBRYIDEAE (acrocarpus and pleurocarpous mosses)
ClassBRYOPSIDA (mosses)
PhylumBRYOPHYTA (mosses)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Dicranum scoparium (Broom Fork-moss)

Dicranum scoparium (Broom Fork-moss) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dicranum scoparium (Broom Fork-moss):

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