Polytrichum formosum Hedw.
(Bank Haircap)

Interactions where Polytrichum formosum 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) live plant is associate of fruitbody Trechispora byssinella a basidiomycete fungus Trechisporales: Hydnodontaceae 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/Trechisporales/Hydnodontaceae/Trechispora byssinella/Trechispora byssinellaa basidiomycete fungusfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Bryophyta/Polytrichopsida/Polytrichales/Polytrichaceae/Polytrichum formosum/Polytrichum formosumbank haircapliveplant fruitbody is associated with live plant

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

Polytrichum formosum (Bank Haircap) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPolytrichum formosum (Bank Haircap)
GenusPolytrichum (a genus of haircaps)
FamilyPOLYTRICHACEAE (haircap and smoothcap mosses)
OrderPOLYTRICHALES (haircap and smoothcap mosses)
ClassPOLYTRICHOPSIDA (haircap and smoothcap mosses)
PhylumBRYOPHYTA (mosses)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Polytrichum formosum (Bank Haircap)

Polytrichum formosum (Bank Haircap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Polytrichum formosum (Bank Haircap):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 47 images of Polytrichum formosum (Bank Haircap)
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