Name: Mycopteris from the Greek words myco, meaning fungus, and pteris, meaning fern.
Clades:
Grammitidoideae;
Polypodiales;
Polypodiidae; Polypodiophyta;
Pteridophyta;
Plants.
Genus: 18 species.
Region: Mexico to Bolivia, Caribbean.
Habitat: epiphytes, some on soil or on rocks.
Ecology: associated with the ascomycete fungus Acrospermum.
BotanyType: ferns; epiphytes.
TaxonomyMycopteris was first included in the genus Terpsichore. Terpsichore was later divided it into five groups. Terpsichore turned out to be polyphyletic, but its groups were largely monophyletic, one being Mycopteris.