Plagiopus oederianus (Oeder's Apple-moss) putting in an appearance on the base-rich Crags above Llyn Gafr a few days ago 🏴 @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Oedipodium griffithianum (Gouty-moss) looking rather good ,growing on acid soil amongst the Crags high up on Craig Cywarch on Sunday, a lovely species i have seen a few times ,love those Capsules with there thick Seta and the abundant Gemmae amongst the leaf axils,nice 🏴 @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Jubula hutchinsiae (Holywort) growing on riverside rocks in the Afon Arran a few days ago , always nice to see , a liverwort of Oceanic ravines ,shaded areas around waterfalls and splashpools 🏴 @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Philinotis arnelii (Arnell's Apple-moss) on the Crags on Mynydd Moel last monday @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Adelanthus lindenbergianus(new site) recorded with @timoceallaigh.bsky.social, Ciaran & Shane in Connemara. This very rare liverwort is a member of hepatic mat community which includes Bazzania tricrenata, B. pearsonii, Herbertus hutchinsiae(2).
Thanks for confirming @nimbosaecology.bsky.social
After several years in gestation, the long awaited paper on Aneura pinguis agg is now out. Lots of hard work from the team @thebotanics.bsky.social has resulted in the description of 12 species based on molecular and morphological criteria. Free to download at link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Kiaeria blyttii (Blytt's Fork-moss) growing on some isolated slabs of rock on the Slopes to the west of Llyn Gaidair a few days ago ,nice 🏴 @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Jamie Warren
Jamie Warren
I do love a Hygrohypnum and this one is a high fav , Hygrohypnum eugyrium (Western Brook-moss) growing on Bouders in the Afon Arran a few days ago 🏴 @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Aphanolejeunea microscopica (Long-leaved Pouncewowort) on a boulder in the Afon Arran a few days back,a tiny liverwort species of humid places by Streams,waterfalls and rock faces in ravines ,in Atlantic areas of the North and West 🏴 @bbsbryology.bsky.social
An unusual find of fruiting Tetraphis Moss (Tetraphis pellucida) in Norfolk by the VC 27 recorder (Mary Ghullam). The distinctive four peristome teeth which can be seen in the images give the moss its name @bbsbryology.bsky.social @norfolknats.bsky.social
Jamie Warren
Jamie Warren
Multiple accessions of the simple thalloid liverwort Aneura from around the world, but with particular focus on western Europe, have been sequenced for a range of standard plastid DNA barcoding marker...