BBSBryology @BBSbryology
Sharing the word about some not so lower plants. International. Professional and amateur. Responses are my own not official BBS policy. britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk United Kingdom Joined September 2016-
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Ditrichum heteromallum (Curve-leaved Ditrichum) growing on the edge of an iron rich seepage on a Coastal Landslip in Pembrokeshire a couple of weeks ago.@BBSbryology
A selection of mosses from Derbyshire this week. Just love the different textures and subtle colours @BBSbryology @BNAscience
The miniscule moss that is Luisier's Tufa-moss (Gymnostomum viridulum) growing amongst other bryophytes on a limestone outcrop above Milford Haven beach in Pembrokeshire last week @BBSbryology
A species i have been longing to see , great to see Habrodon perpusillus (Lesser Squirrel-tail Moss) at Sir Johns Hill near Laugharne in Carmarthenshire yesterday, a nationally Scarce epiphyte that grows on mature tree's in well-lit situations @BBSbryology
Been meaning to seek out this rarety for a while, nice to see Dendrocraphaea lamyana (Multi-fruited Cryphaea) on the Afon Teifi at Pontwelly on friday for the first time, an uncommon species of a few uk rivers @BBSbryology
Nice to get my target species yesterday at Pwllcrochan Fen, Amblystegium radicale (Swamp Feather-moss) an uncommon species with its national Stronghold in Pembrokeshire, a species predominantly found growing on old Phragmites stems in fens @BBSbryology
Porella obtusata (Broad Scalewort) putting on a good show on a block of red sandstone behind gravel-bay at Freshwater west on the Pembrokeshire Coast yesterday, a beuty of an uncommon liverwort species @BBSbryology
Grimmia Lisae,on red sandstone behind gravel-bay on the Pembrokeshire Coastal path in-between Freshwater west and South Studdock yesterday @BBSbryology
Ditrichum subulatum (Awl-leaved Ditrichum) at Castle pill near Milford Haven yesterday, a Scarce species of Crumbling soil of Coastal Creeks with Overhanging Oaks ,nice to have its pleasure again as have only seen it Once before at French-man's Creek in Cornwall @BBSbryology
Cephaloziella turneri (Turner's Threadwort) found in good amounts in three localitys along the west side of Castle pill near Milford Haven yesterday ,a lovely plant @BBSbryology
Gymnomitrion crenulatum (Western frostwort) on the block scree field on Carn Ingli on Mynydd Carningli on Wednesday @BBSbryology
Racomitrium aquaticum (Narrow-leaved Fringe-moss) dehydrated & hydrated at Rosebush slate quarry in Pembrokeshire on Tuesday @BBSbryology
Grimmia donniana (Don's Grimmia) on slate waste at Rosebush quarry,one of four Pembrokeshire site's for this dark Grimmial,all in old slate mines @BBSbryology
Schistostega pennata (Goblin gold) in the mine adit's at Rosebush quarry in Tuesday, a moss that's protonema has reflective lens-like cells that glow like cats eyes , the fronds like leaves in comments @BBSbryology
Finally caught up with the liverwort Fossombronia fimbriata (Fragile Frillwort) a Scarce species nationally and a tiny but mighty fine bryophyte indeed,on the damper soil were a track crosses a stream ,Classical habitat for it ,on the Preseli hills @BBSbryology
Hairy Threadwort (Blepharostoma trichophyllum) growing on rock in a small humid and shaded ravine in the Glen Feshie,Cairngorms @BBSbryology
Shinning Flapwort (Solenostoma paroica) growing in the Upper parts of the Allt a'Chagain in Glen Feshie ,Cairngorms a couple of weeks ago @BBSbryology
The effects of #drought on #Sphagnum moss species, and the implications for #hydrology in #peatlands 📖 ow.ly/1tc950WlAPs #TansleyReview by @fluxsoilsleaves et al. @wileyplantsci #PlantScience Image credit: b) Pilkington & Bowyer @BBSbryology c) Weston et al., 2015
‘Bryophyte’ is a term that’s often used collectively for three groups of plants: mosses, liverworts and hornworts. They’re our oldest land plants, and while they’re not closely related, they do have a lot in common. Find out more: buff.ly/pU1nij1 #ScotlandsRainforest

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