Hypnum Hedw.
(plait-mosses)

Interactions where Hypnum 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
capsule may have epiphytic minute pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Phoma muscicola a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma muscicola/Phoma muscicolaa coelomyceteminutepycnidiumPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Plant / epiphyteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Hypnales/Hypnaceae/Hypnum/Hypnumplait-mossescapsule minute pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph grows on capsule
gametophyte is parasitised by fruitbody UK/Ireland Arrhenia retiruga Small Moss Oysterling Agaricales: Tricholomataceae 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/Agaricales/Tricholomataceae/Arrhenia retiruga/Arrhenia retirugasmall moss oysterlingfruitbody Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Bryophyta/Bryopsida/Hypnales/Hypnaceae/Hypnum/Hypnumplait-mossesgametophyte fruitbody parasitises gametophyte

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
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

Hypnum (plait-mosses) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Hypnum andoi
Mamillate Plait-moss
Species 1 trophisms
Hypnum cupressiforme s.s.
Cypress-leaved Plait-moss
Species 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
[Hypnum cupressiforme sens. lat.]
a moss
Informal 4 subtaxa 4 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusHypnum (plait-mosses)
FamilyHYPNACEAE (a family of feather-mosses and plait-mosses)
OrderHYPNALES (pleurocarpous 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 Hypnum (plait-mosses)

Hypnum (plait-mosses) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hypnum (plait-mosses):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 11 images of Hypnum (plait-mosses)
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