Phascum Hedw.
(a genus of earth-mosses)

Interactions where Phascum 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 is parasitised by solitary apothecium Major Bryoscyphus phascoides a fungus Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Bryoscyphus phascoides/Bryoscyphus phascoidesa fungussolitaryapothecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Dicranales/Pottiaceae/Phascum/Phascuma genus of earth-mossesliveleafMajor solitary apothecium parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Phascum (a genus of earth-mosses) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPhascum (a genus of earth-mosses)
FamilyPOTTIACEAE (beard-. beardless, earth-, pottia, stubble-, crispy- and screw-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 Phascum (a genus of earth-mosses)

Phascum (a genus of earth-mosses) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Phascum (a genus of earth-mosses):

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