Fissidens Hedw.
(pocket mosses)

Interactions where Fissidens 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').

Filters:

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) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Eocronartium muscicola Moss Rust Platygloeales: Eocronartiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Platygloeales/Eocronartiaceae/Eocronartium muscicola/Eocronartium muscicolamoss rust Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Dicranales/Fissidentaceae/Fissidens/Fissidenspocket mosseslive parasitises live

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

Fissidens (pocket mosses) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusFissidens (pocket mosses)
FamilyFISSIDENTACEAE (pocket 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 Fissidens (pocket mosses)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 2010 Fissidens Crib
Pilkington, S. 2015 Fissidens: a few shortcuts Beginners Corner FB No 113: 40-43.

Fissidens (pocket mosses) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Fissidens (pocket mosses):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 52 images of Fissidens (pocket mosses)
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