Lophocolea bidentata (L.) Dumort.
(Bifid Crestwort)

Interactions where Lophocolea bidentata is the dominant partner and gains from the process

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

Stage 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
grows on trunk UK/IrelandCaptivity Dicksonia (a genus of tree ferns) Cyatheales: Dicksoniaceae More tree fern aliens, Fisk, R., 2008
 /Plantae/Marchantiophyta/Jungermanniopsida/Jungermanniales/Lophocoleaceae/Lophocolea bidentata/Lophocolea bidentatabifid crestwort Plant / epiphyteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Cyatheales/Dicksoniaceae/Dicksonia/Dicksonia(a genus of tree ferns)trunk Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Interactions where Lophocolea bidentata 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
leaf (live) live leaf of gametophyte may have epiphytic superficial, subiculate perithecium UK/Ireland Nectriella lophocoleae an ascomycete fungus Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae New or interesting British fungi, Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946
Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Bionectriaceae/Nectriella lophocoleae/Nectriella lophocoleaean ascomycete fungussuperficial, subiculateperithecium Plant / epiphyteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Marchantiophyta/Jungermanniopsida/Jungermanniales/Lophocoleaceae/Lophocolea bidentata/Lophocolea bidentatabifid crestwortliveleafgametophyte superficial, subiculate perithecium grows on live leaf of gametophyte

Author & YearTitleSource
Dennis, R.W.G. & Wakefield, E.M., 1946New or interesting British fungiTBMS Vol 29 (3): 141-166.
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fisk, R., 2008More tree fern aliensFB Vol 96: 9.

Lophocolea bidentata (Bifid Crestwort) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLophocolea bidentata (Bifid Crestwort)
GenusLophocolea (crestworts)
FamilyLOPHOCOLEACEAE (a family of crestworts, flapworts and St Winifrid’s mosses)
OrderJUNGERMANNIALES (leafy liverworts)
ClassJUNGERMANNIOPSIDA (leafy liverworts)
PhylumMARCHANTIOPHYTA (liverworts)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lophocolea bidentata (Bifid Crestwort)

Lophocolea bidentata (Bifid Crestwort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lophocolea bidentata (Bifid Crestwort):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 4 images of Lophocolea bidentata (Bifid Crestwort)
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