family Hymenophyllaceae, Hymenophyllaceae - terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns

bristle fern, filmy fern - any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks

fern genus - genera of ferns and fern allies