Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook.
(Wilson’s Filmy Fern, Wilson’s Filmy-fern)

Interactions where Hymenophyllum wilsonii 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
(hypophyllous, superficial, sessile or subsessile) hypophyllous, superficial, sessile or subsessile apothecium is decayed by dead frond Hyphodiscus hymeniophilus a fungus Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Hyphodiscus hymeniophilus/Hyphodiscus hymeniophilusa fungusdeadfrond Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Hymenophyllales/Hymenophyllaceae/Hymenophyllum wilsonii/Hymenophyllum wilsoniiWilson's filmy fern, Wilson's filmy-fernhypophyllous, superficial, sessile or subsessileapothecium dead frond is saprobic on hypophyllous, superficial, sessile or subsessile apothecium

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Hymenophyllum wilsonii (Wilson’s Filmy Fern, Wilson’s Filmy-fern) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHymenophyllum wilsonii (Wilson’s Filmy Fern, Wilson’s Filmy-fern)
GenusHymenophyllum (a genus of ferns)
FamilyHYMENOPHYLLACEAE (filmy ferns)
OrderHYMENOPHYLLALES (an order of ferns)
ClassPOLYPODIOPSIDA (a class of ferns)
PhylumPTERIDOPHYTA (ferns and allies)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hymenophyllum wilsonii (Wilson’s Filmy Fern, Wilson’s Filmy-fern)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Bush, R. 2005 Wilson’s Filmy-fern Vol 17, No 2 Page: 134
() Roberts, J. JR’s Botanical Pages www.edencroft2.demon.co.uk

Sporophytes

Jemry, A.C. & Camus, J.M. Hymenophyllum tunbrigense and H. wilsonii Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Hymenophyllum wilsonii (Wilson’s Filmy Fern, Wilson’s Filmy-fern) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hymenophyllum wilsonii (Wilson’s Filmy Fern, Wilson’s Filmy-fern):

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