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Bolbitis subcrenata (Hooker & Grev.) Ching

Family	:	Dryopteridaceae
Distribution in kerala	:	Idukki,Palakkad,Wayanad
Habitat	:	Seen in the shaded or semi-shaded localities in forest beds on the slopes.
Key Botanical Characters. Rhizome creeping. Petiole scaly more towards base. Leavestwo types. Leaflet of sterile leaves shallowly grooved, the basal fewstalked, terminal leaflet bears vegetative bud at the apex, leaflet leathery.Fertile leaves longer than sterile one, leaflet highly reduced, cylindricalterminal one markedly longer. Sori fully covered, light brown.