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Some blue sky in this image of Wharfedale, Yorkshire, announces our move to this platform. The BBS will be having its annual Spring Field Meeting there, starting on Saturday, in this beautiful limestone countryside. It's been getting rather lonely on X/Twitter......
Bryum bornholmense - a tuberous Bryum of heathy soils, in this case Odiham Common, N Hants. Tubers are amber coloured in incident light, and translucent with thin cell walls and barely protuberant cells in transmitted light. Has strong leaf margins with border cell walls approx 3 microns.
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Bryum bornholmense - a tuberous Bryum of heathy soils, in this case Odiham Common, N Hants. Tubers are amber coloured in incident light, and translucent with thin cell walls and barely protuberant cells in transmitted light. Has strong leaf margins with border cell walls approx 3 microns.
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Thuidium assimile from a fixed dune relevé at Dogs Bay, Conamara. Last recorded in H16 in 1966 (& perhaps 68). First time I have come across (knowingly) the species
T. assimile ag fás sa dumhcha socra in san Iorras beag thiar. Suíomh nua don speiceas agus an chéad cuntas dhó le haghaidh píosa fada
T. assimile ag fás sa dumhcha socra in san Iorras beag thiar. Suíomh nua don speiceas agus an chéad cuntas dhó le haghaidh píosa fada
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Thuidium assimile from a fixed dune relevé at Dogs Bay, Conamara. Last recorded in H16 in 1966 (& perhaps 68). First time I have come across (knowingly) the species
T. assimile ag fás sa dumhcha socra in san Iorras beag thiar. Suíomh nua don speiceas agus an chéad cuntas dhó le haghaidh píosa fada
T. assimile ag fás sa dumhcha socra in san Iorras beag thiar. Suíomh nua don speiceas agus an chéad cuntas dhó le haghaidh píosa fada
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First record of Daltonia splachnoides for Co. Armagh (H37) from plantation on Camlough Mountain. Epiphytic on willow, associates were Lejeunea patens & Metzgeria consanguinea. Algal gloop a big issue though.
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#bryophytes #moss #Ireland
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
First record of Daltonia splachnoides for Co. Armagh (H37) from plantation on Camlough Mountain. Epiphytic on willow, associates were Lejeunea patens & Metzgeria consanguinea. Algal gloop a big issue though.
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#bryophytes #moss #Ireland
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#bryophytes #moss #Ireland
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Riccia fruitans in the middle of one of the weird human-made "mirror" pools at the top of the "gorge" in Chelwood Vachery, Ashdown Forest, High Weald, East Sussex. Had to use telephoto lens so hard to get a good look. Best liverwort spot for some time for me.
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Riccia fruitans in the middle of one of the weird human-made "mirror" pools at the top of the "gorge" in Chelwood Vachery, Ashdown Forest, High Weald, East Sussex. Had to use telephoto lens so hard to get a good look. Best liverwort spot for some time for me.
Today the BBS Southern Group spent a rather wet day at Odiham Common, N Hants, including the abandoned clay pits dug for brick making. Interesting plants included Platygyrium repens, Pleuridium sp., and the aquatic liverwort Ricciocarpos natans on the Basingstoke Canal.
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today the BBS Southern Group spent a rather wet day at Odiham Common, N Hants, including the abandoned clay pits dug for brick making. Interesting plants included Platygyrium repens, Pleuridium sp., and the aquatic liverwort Ricciocarpos natans on the Basingstoke Canal.
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LOPHOZIA cf. BANTRIENSIS i LOPHOZIA TURBINATA, creixent mesclades en un talús humit prop de Santa Cecília de Montserrat. #briòfits #hepàtiques
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
LOPHOZIA cf. BANTRIENSIS i LOPHOZIA TURBINATA, creixent mesclades en un talús humit prop de Santa Cecília de Montserrat. #briòfits #hepàtiques
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🌾🌱⚘️🌿🌼🦠🚀 #BUC2026 Impressive survival of moss spores, Physcomitrella patens (spreading earthmoss) on outside of International Space Station for 9 months! Vacuum, radiation, dry, too much light, cold. Over 80% germinated when back on Earth. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🌾🌱⚘️🌿🌼🦠🚀 #BUC2026 Impressive survival of moss spores, Physcomitrella patens (spreading earthmoss) on outside of International Space Station for 9 months! Vacuum, radiation, dry, too much light, cold. Over 80% germinated when back on Earth. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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Sphagnum pulchrum, fallax and maybe papillosum #moss #bryophyte
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Sphagnum pulchrum, fallax and maybe papillosum #moss #bryophyte
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RICCIA LAMELLOSA, una de les hepàtiques que veurem el proper dissabte al Bosc de la Marquesa. @brioli-ichn.bsky.social #briòfits #molses #hepàtiques #líquens
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
RICCIA LAMELLOSA, una de les hepàtiques que veurem el proper dissabte al Bosc de la Marquesa. @brioli-ichn.bsky.social #briòfits #molses #hepàtiques #líquens
Arable bryology amongst the rice paddy fields of Japan. Some fantastic species in this great little video.
youtu.be/X2vRmoruWr8
youtu.be/X2vRmoruWr8
その存在は幻かカゲロウか。世界最小の苔を追う。
YouTube video by MOSS-ACT=コケ観察を愛するチャンネル=
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November 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Arable bryology amongst the rice paddy fields of Japan. Some fantastic species in this great little video.
youtu.be/X2vRmoruWr8
youtu.be/X2vRmoruWr8
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Delighted that a rabbit burrow at Broughton Sanctuary, Skipton, produced 2 nice finds (6/11/25):
Schistostega pennata - Goblin Gold; with highly reflective protonema, shoots with leaves in 2 ranks and long leaf insertions
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Schistostega pennata - Goblin Gold; with highly reflective protonema, shoots with leaves in 2 ranks and long leaf insertions
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November 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Delighted that a rabbit burrow at Broughton Sanctuary, Skipton, produced 2 nice finds (6/11/25):
Schistostega pennata - Goblin Gold; with highly reflective protonema, shoots with leaves in 2 ranks and long leaf insertions
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Schistostega pennata - Goblin Gold; with highly reflective protonema, shoots with leaves in 2 ranks and long leaf insertions
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A confirmed sample of Trichostomum littorale growing in a short sward upland grassland around 500m with Thalictrum alpinum etc. - Leic na bhfearr, Conamara. Possibly new to the county (since T.brachydontium recent split into 3 species). It was the dominant moss here but midges prevent a full relevé
November 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A confirmed sample of Trichostomum littorale growing in a short sward upland grassland around 500m with Thalictrum alpinum etc. - Leic na bhfearr, Conamara. Possibly new to the county (since T.brachydontium recent split into 3 species). It was the dominant moss here but midges prevent a full relevé
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The leaves of the moss Dicranodontium denudatum break off easily and act as vegetative propagules. They are very "sticky" too, at least when wet. Was perhaps an even more efficient method of dispersal when more large animals like deer, boar, and moose roamed our woodlands. @bbsbryology.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The leaves of the moss Dicranodontium denudatum break off easily and act as vegetative propagules. They are very "sticky" too, at least when wet. Was perhaps an even more efficient method of dispersal when more large animals like deer, boar, and moose roamed our woodlands. @bbsbryology.bsky.social
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Sphagnum angermanicum #moss #bryophyte
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Sphagnum angermanicum #moss #bryophyte
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A new site for Neckera pumila from willow on edge of Gortin Lakes, co. Tyrone
This colony was particularly robust
#bryophytes #moss
This colony was particularly robust
#bryophytes #moss
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A new site for Neckera pumila from willow on edge of Gortin Lakes, co. Tyrone
This colony was particularly robust
#bryophytes #moss
This colony was particularly robust
#bryophytes #moss
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Trees covered in the hyperoceanic liverworts Plagiochila spinulosa (left) and Scapania gracilis (right) in the temperate rainforest at Coed Hafod-y-Llyn, Gwynedd. @bbsbryology.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Trees covered in the hyperoceanic liverworts Plagiochila spinulosa (left) and Scapania gracilis (right) in the temperate rainforest at Coed Hafod-y-Llyn, Gwynedd. @bbsbryology.bsky.social
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Neckera crispa growing as an epiphyte in a hazel temperate rainforest north of Cuilcagh, Co. Fermanagh.
Other niceties include Ctenidium molluscum and Breutelia chrysocoma
Other niceties include Ctenidium molluscum and Breutelia chrysocoma
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Neckera crispa growing as an epiphyte in a hazel temperate rainforest north of Cuilcagh, Co. Fermanagh.
Other niceties include Ctenidium molluscum and Breutelia chrysocoma
Other niceties include Ctenidium molluscum and Breutelia chrysocoma
I finally fulfilled my ambition to visit the famous Saihōji Moss Temple in Kyoto. The mosses were looking their best in the pouring rain. For once I had to resist studying them, and simply submit to their beauty.
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I finally fulfilled my ambition to visit the famous Saihōji Moss Temple in Kyoto. The mosses were looking their best in the pouring rain. For once I had to resist studying them, and simply submit to their beauty.
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The difference between habitat in the south (where I live) & the north is fascinating. Sphagnum palustre in Sussex is found in bogs & wet flushes with a supply of water from springs or streams. In Borrowdale, it is also at the top of this rocky mound; in the south, it doesn't rain enough for that.
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The difference between habitat in the south (where I live) & the north is fascinating. Sphagnum palustre in Sussex is found in bogs & wet flushes with a supply of water from springs or streams. In Borrowdale, it is also at the top of this rocky mound; in the south, it doesn't rain enough for that.
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Cummacatta Wood, just north of the Bowder Stone, has a wet flush with the gloriously red Sphagnum capillifolium (rare in Sussex) plus gone-over Bog Asphodel. It also has Juniper as well as Yew. First Juniper I've seen in Borrowdale; saw lots around Arnside on Limestone
November 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Cummacatta Wood, just north of the Bowder Stone, has a wet flush with the gloriously red Sphagnum capillifolium (rare in Sussex) plus gone-over Bog Asphodel. It also has Juniper as well as Yew. First Juniper I've seen in Borrowdale; saw lots around Arnside on Limestone
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Sphagnum majus and medium #moss #bryophyte
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Sphagnum majus and medium #moss #bryophyte
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Was looking at some stuff about Sphagnum expert Kjell Ivar Flatberg and saw something extraordinary. The patterns on his hat looked…familiar, they’re Sphagnum leaf cells!
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Was looking at some stuff about Sphagnum expert Kjell Ivar Flatberg and saw something extraordinary. The patterns on his hat looked…familiar, they’re Sphagnum leaf cells!
Well done Billy. These street trees can have a surprisingly rich nitrogen tolerant/dependent epiphyte flora.
Our Billy is exploring Winchester and found these 3 bryophytes growing on a ginkgo tree near Winchester Cathedral with another 11 species also on the trunk! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Photos: Microcoleopsis minutissima, Syntrichia papillosa and Syntrichia laevipila
Photos: Microcoleopsis minutissima, Syntrichia papillosa and Syntrichia laevipila
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Well done Billy. These street trees can have a surprisingly rich nitrogen tolerant/dependent epiphyte flora.
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Sphagnum majus portrait #moss #bryophyte
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Sphagnum majus portrait #moss #bryophyte
