Pyrrosia lanceolata (L.) Farw., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 245 (1930) (syn: Bolbitis linnaeana (Hook.) C.Chr. ; Campium linnaeanum (Hook.) Copel.Candollea lanceolata (L.) Mirb.Cyclophorus lanceolatus (L.) AlstonDendroglossa lanceolata (L.) C.PreslDendroglossa linnaeana (Hook.) FéeGymnopteris lanceolata (L.) T.MooreGymnopteris linnaeana (Hook.) ChristLeptochilus heteroclitus var. linnaeanus (Hook.) ChristLeptochilus lanceolatus (L.) Zoll.Leptochilus linnaeanus FéeNiphobolus lanceolatus (L.) TrimenAcrostichum lanceolatum L.Acrostichum linnaeanum Hook.Chrysodium linnaeanum (Hook.) KuhnCandollea heterophylla Mirb.Craspedaria pertusa LinkCyclophorus cornutus Copel.Cyclophorus dimorphus Copel.Cyclophorus giesenhagenii (Christ) C.Chr.Cyclophorus heterophyllus Desv.Cyclophorus pachydermus (Baker) C.Chr.Cyclophorus stellatus Copel.Cyclophorus tener (Giesenh.) C.Chr.Cyclophorus vittarioides C.PreslDrymoglossum martinicense ChristNiphobolus carnosus BlumeNiphobolus caudatus Kaulf.Niphobolus chamissoanus C.PreslNiphobolus elongatus BlumeNiphobolus giesenhagenii ChristNiphobolus heterophyllus Spreng.Niphobolus koenigii BlumeNiphobolus spathulifer BoryNiphobolus tener Giesenh.Niphobolus vittarioides (C.Presl) T.MoorePolypodium carnosum (Blume) Mett.Polypodium caudatum (Kaulf.) Mett.Polypodium dubium KuhnPolypodium koenigii BlumePolypodium pachydermum BakerPolypodium vittarioides (C.Presl) Wall. ex Mett.Pyrrosia caudata (Kaulf.) ChingPyrrosia cornuta (Copel.) TagawaPyrrosia dimorpha (Copel.) ParrisPyrrosia pachyderma (Baker) ChingPyrrosia stellata (Copel.) ParrisAcrostichum dubium Poir. );
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Tropical & Subtropical Asia to W. Pacific: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, Christmas I., East Himalaya, Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya as per POWO;
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Kokan, Tree fern for ID :: ARK2019-39 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)

Requesting to please ID this tree fern. This was growing on most of the mango trees.
These were very noticeable in June 2019 after the first rains.
The pics were captured near Devgad, coastal Kokan, MH in June 2019.
Requested to please provide ID.

It is not a tree fern! Tree-fern means the big ferns with their own trunk and a crown of huge, radiating bipinnate to tripinnate fronds at the top.
I’m not sure I see any ferns here, as the photos are too far away and show no details – for ferns we need to see the fertile parts and the scales on the rhizome etc.  Please provide proper close-up photos showing sori.


Seems to Pyrrosia sp.
Could be P. lanceolata, Polypodiaceae.



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References:
POWO