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BRYOPHYTA (mosses and Liverworts)

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Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #refs #webs
Class ANDREAEOPSIDA (rock mosses) 2 1  
Class ANTHOCEROTAE (hornworts)   1  
Class BRYOPSIDA (mosses) 118 27 296
Class HEPATICAE (liverworts) 56 17 81
Class SPHAGNOPSIDA (bog mosses) 11 8 71

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

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
Porley, R., 2008 (Arable land species) Arable Bryophytes: Field Guide: The Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of Cultivated Land in 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 Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut)

General Works

IBRIS - International Bryophyte Research Information Service: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IBRIS/join IBRIS - International Bryophyte Research Information Service
The Plant List: http://www.theplantlist.org/ The Plant List
Hill, M.O., Preston, C.D., Bosanquet, S.D.S. & Roy, D.B., 2007 BRYOATT: Attributes of British and Irish Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts
Porley, R. & Hodgetts, N., 2005 Mosses and Liverworts
Watson, E.V., 1967 The Structure and Life of Bryophytes

Journals

Field Bryology (FB) Journal
Journal of Bryology Journal

Moss gardening

Fletcher, M., 2006 Moss Grower's Handbook

Nature conservation

Hodgetts, N.G., 1996 Conservation of Lower Plants in Woodland

Regional studies

Proctor, M.C.F., 1960 Mosses and Liverworts of the Malham District

Societies

British Bryological Society (BBS) British Bryological Society

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 (Atheliales: Atheliaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Bryophyta may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

PLANTAE
(plants)

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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