Search for species via a list of host liverworts or host mosses or scroll down for a full list of taxa. This is listed by class, attempting to group related genera together. See “notes” at the end of this page for additional information on this.
List of species recorded in Britain and Ireland:
Non-lichenised Ascomycetes
Sordariomycetes
Bryocentria
Bryocentria brongniartii
Bryocentria confusa
Bryocentria hypothallina
Bryocentria metzgeriae
Bryocentria octosporelloides
Bryonectria
Bryonectria callicarpa
Bryonectria cuneifera
Bryonectria praetermissa
Endoantria
Endoantria benetecta
Hilberina
Hilberina sphagni
Hilberina sp.
Ilyonectria
Ilyonectria sp.
Lasiosphaeria
Lasiosphaeria sphagni
Leptomeliola
Leptomeliola hypnorum
Leptomeliola ptilidii
Leptomeliola sp. 1
Leptomeliola sp. 2
Nectria
Nectria muscivora
Nectria racovitzae
Periantria
Periantria frullaniae
Dothideomycetes
Acrospermum
Acrospermum adeanum
Bryochiton
Bryochiton heliotropicus
Bryochiton microscopicus
Bryochiton monascus
Bryochiton perpusillus
Bryobroma (syn. Bryomyces)
Bryobroma caudatum
Bryobroma gymnomitrii
Bryobroma hemisphaericum
Bryobroma microcarpum var. microcarpum
Bryobroma microcarpum var. racomitrii
Bryobroma scapaniae
Bryobroma velenovskyi
Bryorella
Bryorella acrogena
Bryosphaeria
Bryosphaeria bryophila
Bryosphaeria cinclidoti
Bryosphaeria epibrya
Bryostroma
Bryostroma guttulatum
Bryostroma popei
Bryostroma trichostomi
Didymosphaeria
Didymosphaeria marchantiae
Lichenopeltella
Lichenopeltella alpestris [sensu Racovitza]
Lichenopeltella cf. fimbriata
Lichenopeltella sp. GG-Diplophyllum
Lizonia
Lizonia baldinii
Lizonia emperigonia
Lizonia sexangularis
Periconia
Periconia nigriceps
Eurotiomycetes
Dactylospora
Dactylospora heimerlii [syn. Paruephaedria]
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
Pleostigma sp.
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
Lamprospora tuberculatella
Neottiella
Neottiella albocincta
Neottiella ricciae
Neottiella rutilans
Neottiella vivida
Octospora
Octospora affinis
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 leucoloma agg.
Octospora leucoloma var. leucoloma
Octospora leucoloma var. tetraspora
Octospora meslinii
Octospora mnii
Octospora musci-muralis
Octospora orthotrichi
Octospora phagospora*
Octospora rubens
Octospora rustica
Octospora similis
Octospora wrightii
Octospora sp. JW-2021
Octospora sp. GG-Fissidens
Octospora sp. Bryum-capillare
Octosporella
Octosporalla erythrostigma
Octosporella fusispora
Octosporella jungermanniarum
Octosporella ornithocephala
Octosporopsis
Octosporopsis nicolai
Leotiomycetes
Belonium
Belonium coroniforme
Bryoscyphus
Bryoscyphus atromarginatus
Bryoscyphus conocephali
Bryoscyphus dicrani
Bryoscyphus granulosus
Bryoscyphus marchantiae*
Bryoscyphus phascoides
Bryoscyphus “rhombisporus”
Bryoscyphus turbinatus
Cistella
Cistella polytrichi
Helotium s.l.
Helotium schimperi
Helotium vasaense
Hyaloscypha
Hyaloscypha hepaticicola
Gloeopeziza
Gloeopeziza interlamellaris
Gloeopeziza sp.
Luteodiscus epibryus
Mniaecia
Mniaecia albida
Mniaecia jungermanniae
Mniaecia nivea
Muscicola
Muscicola dubia
Pezizella
Pezizella muscicola
Pezizella polytrichi
Pezoloma
Pezoloma ciliifera s.l.
Pezoloma marchantiae
Pithyella
Pithyella chalaudii
Pithyella sp.
Roseodiscus
Roseodiscus formosus
Trizodia
Trizodia acrobia
Lecanoromycetes
Potriphila
Potriphila navicularis
Incertae sedis & Unidentified Anamorphs
Julella
Julella macrospora
Leptochlamys
Leptochlamys thecicola
Phoma
“Phoma” sp. GG-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 (incomplete)
Anisomeridium
Anisomeridium polypori
Anisomeridium sp.
Atla
Atla wheldonii
Bilimbia
Bilimbia sabuletorum
Bryostigma
Bryostigma muscigenum
Catinaria
Catinaria atropurpurea
Coenogonium
Coenogonium luteum
Coenogonium pineti
Lepraria
Lepraria spp.
Micarea
Micarea cf. lignaria
Normandina
Normandina acroglypta
Normandina pulchella
Normandina sp.
Porina
Porina sp.*
Protothelenella
Protothelenella petri
Protothelenella sphinctrinoidella
Vezdaea
Vezdaea acicularis
Vezdaea aestivalis
Vezdaea rheocarpa*
Vezdaea stipitata
Non-Fungal Imposters
Mite eggs*
Trentepohlia algae
Mesotaenium algae
Nostoc cyanobacteria
- 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“.
Bryophilous fungi 