Bryophilous Fungi

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Cladogram showing the classes of fungi treated here

A simplified cladogram showing the major groups of bryophilous ascomycetes treated here (adapted from Stenroos et al., 2010).

Non-lichenised Ascomycetes

Sordariomycetes

Bryocentria

Bryocentria brongniartii
Bryocentria hypothallina
Bryocentria metzgeriae
Bryocentria octosporelloides

Bryonectria

Bryonectria callicarpa
Bryonectria cuneifera
Bryonectria praetermissa

Hiberina

[Hilberina cf. muscicola]

Ilyonectria

Ilyonectria sp.

Leptomeliola

Leptomeliola ptilidii

Nectria

Nectria muscivora*

Periantria

Periantria frullaniae

Dothideomycetes

Acrospermum

Acrospermum adeanum

Bryochiton

Bryochiton heliotropicus
Bryochiton microscopicus
Bryochiton monascus
Bryochiton perpusillus

Bryomyces

Bryomyces gymnomitrii
Bryomyces microcarpus var. microcarpus
Bryomyces microcarpus var. racomitrii
Bryomyces velenovskyi

Bryosphaeria

Bryosphaeria cinclidoti
Bryosphaeria epibrya

Bryostroma

Bryostroma popei
Bryostroma trichostomi

Didymosphaeria

Didymosphaeria marchantiae (=Phaeodothis winteri)

Lichenopeltella

Lichenopeltella alpestris s.l.
Lichenopeltella cf. fimbriata
Lichenopeltella sp. GG-Diplophyllum

Lizonia

Lizonia baldinii
Lizonia emperigonia
Lizonia sexangularis
Lizonia sp.
Lizonia sp.2

Periconia

Periconia nigriceps s.l.

Eurotiomycetes

Dactylospora

Dactylospora heimerlii
Dactylospora scapanaria

Epibryon

[Epibryon arachnoideum]
Epibryon bryophilum
Epibryon bubakii
Epibryon casaresii
Epibryon diaphanum
Epibryon endocarpum
Epibryon hepaticicola
Epibryon hypophyllum
Epibryon interlamellare
Epibryon metzgeriae
Epibryon muscicola
Epibryon pedinophylli
Epibryon plagiochilae
Epibryon pogonati-urnigeri
Epibryon cf. turfosorum
Epibryon sp. GG-Oligo
Epibryon sp. GG-Hylocomium
Epibryon sp. GG-Racomitrium

Hypobryon

Hypobryon florentinum
Hypobryon validum

Pleostigma

Pleostigma jungermannicola

Pseudomicrodochium

Pseudomicrodochium bryophilum

Stenocybe

Stenocybe nitida

Pezizomycetes

Filicupula

Filicupula suboperculata

Lamprospora

Lamprospora annulata
Lamprospora benkertii
Lamprospora campylopodis
Lamprospora carbonicola*
Lamprospora dicranellae
Lamprospora dictydiola
Lamprospora feurichiana
Lamprospora hispanica
Lamprospora lubicensis
Lamprospora lutziana
Lamprospora miniata var. miniata
Lamprospora miniata var. parvispora
Lamprospora miniata var. ratisbonensis
Lamprospora minuta
Lamprospora pseudoarvensis
Lamprospora seaveri
Lamprospora tortulae-ruralis
Lamprospora tuberculata

Neottiella

Neottiella ricciae
Neottiella rutilans
Neottiella vivida

Octospora

Octospora affinis
Octospora alpestris
Octospora axillaris var. axillaris
Octospora axillaris var. tetraspora
Octospora bridei
Octospora coccinea var. coccinea
Octospora coccinea var. tetraspora
Octospora crosslandii
Octospora excipulata
Octospora gemmicola
Octospora grimmiae
Octospora gyalectoides
Octospora hetieri
Octospora humosa*
(Octospora ithacaensis)
Octospora itzerottii
Octospora leucoloma agg.
Octospora leucoloma var. leucoloma
Octospora leucoloma var. tetraspora
[Octospora mnii]
Octospora musci-muralis
Octospora orthotrichi
Octospora phagospora*
Octospora rubens
Octospora rustica
Octospora similis
Octospora wrightii
Octospora sp. JW-Nov21
Octospora sp. GG-Fissidens2
Octospora sp. Bryum-capillare

Octosporella

Octosporella erythrostigma
Octosporella fusispora
Octosporella jungermanniarum
Octosporella ornithocephala

Octosporopsis

Octosporopsis nicolai

Pseudoplectania

Pseudoplectania episphagnum

Leotiomycetes

Bryoscyphus

Bryoscyphus atromarginatus
Bryoscyphus conocephali
Bryoscyphus dicrani
Bryoscyphus marchantiae*
Bryoscyphus phascoides
Bryoscyphus "rhombisporum" nom. prov.
Bryoscyphus turbinatus

Discinella

Discinella schimperi

Hymenoscyphus s.l.

Hymenoscyphus vasaensis

Gloeopeziza

Gloeopeziza interlamellaris

Mniaecia

Mniaecia albida
Mniaecia jungermanniae
Mniaecia nivea

Pezizella

Pezizella muscicola
Pezizella polytrichi

Pezoloma

Pezoloma ciliifera
Pezoloma marchantiae

Pithyella

Pithyella chalaudii

Rhizoscyphus

Rhizoscyphus ericae

Roseodiscus

Roseodicus formosus*

Lecanoromycetes

Potriphila

Potriphila navicularis

Incertae sedis & Unidentified Anamorphs

Julella

Julella macrospora

Leptochlamys

Leptochlamys thecicola

Phoma

'Phoma' sp. [Racomitrium]

Unknown Taxa

UID Anamorph on Rhizomnium protonema
UID Anamorph on Frullania dilatata

Basidiomycetes (very much incomplete)

Arrhenia

Arrhenia retiruga
Arrhenia spathulata

Chromocyphella

Chromocyphella muscicola

Rimbachia

Rimbachia neckerae*

Lichens often found on bryophytes

Anisomeridium

Anisomeridium polypori
Anisomeridium sp.

Atla

Atla wheldonii

Bryostigma

Bryostigma muscigenum

Catinaria

Catinaria atropurpurea

Coenogonium

Coenogonium luteum

Porina

Porina sp.*

Normandina

Normandina acroglypta
Normandina pulchella
Normandina sp.

Protothelenella

Protothelenella petri
Protothelenella sphinctrinoidella

Vezdaea

Vezdaea acicularis
Vezdaea aestivalis
Vezdaea rheocarpa*
Vezdaea stipitata

Micarea

Micarea cf. lignaria

Bilimbia

Bilimbia sabuletorum

Non-Fungal Imposters

Mite eggs*

Trentepohlia spp.

Desmid alga Mesotaenium spp.

Cyanobacteria (and Cyanolichens)
  • Notes:
    • The species listed are those reported from the British Isles. Taxa without links need photographs.
    • Phylogeny of ascomycetes follows groundwork set by Stenroos et al. (2010).
    • Square brackets [ ] indicate taxa observed but not supported by a voucher specimen.
    • Round brackets ( ) indicate taxa previously incorrectly recorded in the British Isles and therefore not accepted.
    • Asterisks * indicate links to external websites, images on which may not be of material from the British Isles but serve as examples.
    • Some taxa have not been sequenced and their relationships / higher taxonomy are currently unknown. E.g., Pseudomicrodochium and Hypobryon are placed by me into Eurotiomycetes but this is my (unpublished) opinion based on morphology. These are traditionally “Dothideomycetes incertae sedis“.