Epibryon bryophilum

Hosts: various. Information below adapted from Döbbeler (1978).

Sensu stricto: Various including Aulacomnium palustre; Diphyscium folisum; Jungermannia confertissima; J. gracillima; J. hyalina; Lophozia collaris; Mylia taylorii; Nardia scalaris; Pogonatum nanum; P. urnigerum; Poltrichum spp.; Scapania aequiloba; S. undulata

Sensu lato: Anastrepta, Andreaea, Atrichum , Barbilophozia, Bazzania (not uncommon), Blepharrostoma, Calypogeia, Chiloscyphus, Dicranum, Diphyscium (not uncommon), Diplophyllum (not uncommon), Encalypta, Gymnomitrion , Hylocomium, Isothecium, Jungermannia , Lepidozia, Marsupella, Metzgeria, Mnium, Mylia (very often), Nardia, Nowellia, Oligotrichum, Paraleucobryum , Pogonatum , Polytrichum (common), Ptilidium (common), Racomitrium, Riccardia, Scapania (common), Sphagnum (common).

Note some images here https://www.centrodeestudiosmicologicosasturianos.org/?p=10158

Ascomata on the leaf axils of Lophocolea heterophylla. VC9, Ferndown Forest, Feb 2019.
Surface of ascoma in water, showing single-celled spines. VC9, Ferndown Forest, Feb 2019.
Spores in water. VC9, Ferndown Forest, Feb 2019. Spores measure 9-12 x 4-5um, so below the range of E. bryophilum s.str.
Asci of E. bryophilum sensu Racovitza (1959). With ascospores reaching 18 x 7.5. In Lugol’s iodine. Leg. C. Halpin, Breconshire, Wales, Feb 2024.
Spore of E. bryophilum sensu Racovitza (1959). With ascospores reaching 18 x 7.5. In Lugol’s iodine. Leg. C. Halpin, Breconshire, Wales, Feb 2024.