Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Calloriaceae
Species: Micropodia pteridina (Nyl.) Boud.
Synonyms: Bracken Swarmer
Hyaloscypha pteridina
Micropodia pteridicola
Mollisia pteridina
Peziza pteridina
Common Name: Bracken Swarmer


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Micropodia pteridinaPhotographer: © Aideen O
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Pteridium aquilinum (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Dead Stem (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
February (1)
May (1)