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Sharing the word about some not so lower plants. International. Professional and amateur. Responses are my own not official BBS policy.
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http://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk 07-09-2016 12:59:28
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Haplomitrium hookeri, on the edge of the river Usk above the Usk reservoir on Sunday, I'll give the common name a miss 😉 BBSBryology


Cordate Flapwort (Jungermannia eucordifolia) in wet flushes and small shallow feeder streams on the edge of the river Usk on Sunday BBSBryology


Fingered Cowlwort (Colura calyptrifolia) on willows on the edge of conifer plantations above the Usk reservoir on Monday,typical habitat for it BBSBryology


Tetraphis pellucida displaying Non-fertile shoots with Gemmae cups formed from crowded leaves ,filled with disc-shaped Gemmae, growing on an old pine log in woodland on the edge of the Usk reservoir on Monday BBSBryology



Dwarf Rock-bristle (Seligeria pusilla) on an Oolite fragment on a woodland track edge in Laycombe wood at Wotton-Under-Edge in Gloucestershire last Sunday BBSBryology


Slender Stubble-moss (Gyroweisia tenuis) growing on a shaded rock faces in woodland adjacent to Old London road in Wotton-Under-Edge last Sunday BBSBryology


If you're interested in working in #ScotlandsRainforest, or know a young person who is, how about this as an excellent way to get started: Bryophyte Trainee with Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Our rainforest woodlands contain hundreds of species of mosses and liverworts! buff.ly/dBxC7Y0

Today it's Taxonomy Recognition Day! Step into this miniature world and admire these tiny red capsules emerging from the green moss #Hedwigia striata #nameittosaveit #bryophytes #taxonomy BryoMicroClim National Geographic Society


The enthusiasm for all things Nature by Wales Peatland Action colleagues is infectious! Dr Peter Jones MBE was delighted to share his photo of fruiting Spalchnum, found yesterday at Cors Bodeilio. It’s a dung-dwelling moss, found on a fen grazed by wild ponies. BBSBryology


MacKay's Pouncewowort (Marchesinia mackaii) on the shaded limestone at Coldwell Rocks in the Wye valley yesterday, rock treacle at its best BBSBryology


Compact Feather-moss (Conardia compacta) growing on the Rocks of an old abandoned cottage below Coldwell Rocks in the Wye valley yesterday , four nice patches counted yesterday ,nice to see this raretydoing ok BBSBryology


Rossetti's Pouncewort (Cololejeunea rossettiana) growing over Marchesinia mackaii on a limestone rockface at Coldwell Rocks in the Wye valley last weekend BBSBryology


Fatfoot Pocket-moss (Fissidens crassipes) growing on a block of tufa in a Wooded stream below Coldwell Rocks last Saturday BBSBryology


#worldrainforestday Temperate remnant in narrow valley in west England. Polypody ferns, moss on everything. BBSBryology Plantlife Exotic Fern Group British Ecological Society #BUC2025


