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Plagiochila britannica

The Glos local group was pleased to find this species on a recent meeting in the Forest of Dean. It can be difficult to tell from the more common P. asplenioides and P. porelloides, but its habit - growing in loose mats - and leaf shape gave this one away. On close inspection, the cells looked a little larger too, but that needed confirming under the microscope.

The MossWorlds Project

New Membership Management system

Herbertus borealis

One of the many beautiful liverworts seen on the recent BBS Liverwort Workshop in Kinlochewe. This lovely photo was taken by Philippa Thompson.

Halloween Bryophyte

I'm not sure what this Marchantia was looking at, surely the photographer wasn't that scary!!!

Dumortiera hirsuta

This rather rare oceanic liverwort was seen on the banks of the Claggain river during the recent Summer meeting on Islay. It is large and differs from other thallose liverworts also found in this habitat by having no air pores on its surface, and having bristly hairs along the thallus margins - so there should be no problem identifying it if you are lucky enough to see it!

Grimmia anomala

The common name for this moss is Yellow-bud Grimmia, presumably because of the yellowish clusters of gemmae on many of the shoot tips (which you might be able to make out on the left side of this cushion). This photo was taken during the Ben Lawers meeting in autumn 2023, on a loch-side boulder at Coire nan Cat - a typical habitat for this species.

First records of British and Irish bryophytes, 1538–2021

Supplementary data for the 2 papers by Mark Hill and Chris Preston recently published online in Journal of Bryology 46(2).

Mylia taylorii

This beautiful close-up of a shoot of Mylia taylorii, taken by Wouter van Landuyt from a specimen collected on Islay, shows the recurved leaves and large cells beautifully. To say that I'm envious of the microscope Wouter used to take this photo would be an understatement!