At SWT reserve, Hermand Birchwood, West Lothian @scotwildlife.bsky.social yesterday. Was photographing what I think is Rustwort, Cephalozia/Nowellia curvifolia (a liverwort) when photobombed by a Devil's Coach-horse, Ocypus olens. @bbsbryology.bsky.social @colsocbi.bsky.social

Sphagnum capillifolium with a view #moss #bryophyte

I think this might be Heath Star-moss (Campylopus introflexus), growing on a soil bank. At the top edge of a Devon woodland today. tinyurl.com/campylopus-i... #moss #bryophytes

Sphagnum rubellum red + orange and S. strictum #moss #bryophyte

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The current status of bryophyte recording in Sussex. 133 000 records. Few areas are now totally unrecorded, but there is still a fair bit of work to do. The earliest records date from about 1700, but most are from the late 1980s onwards 1/2 @bbsbryology.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

Bendy Ditrichum Flexitrichum flexicaule, now showing very well in the old Magnesium Limestone quarries in S Yorks. @bbsbryology.bsky.social @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social #bryophytes @panlistapp.bsky.social

Polytrichum moss spore capsule. NWT, Canada. #moss #bryophyte #plants. Each spore capsule is about 5mm in the longest dimension.

Moss microhabitats. A fence thickly adorned with Dicranoweisia cirrata, thanks to the stinging nettles that'll shade it in summer. On the left where it's sunnier, a bit of Grimmia pulvinata. #moss #bryophytes

Glad to finally see Calypogeia sphagnicola growing in a Sphagnum capillifolium hummock in Clochar na gCon, Conamara. Tiny little shoots, pointed leaves and this one had 'marsupia' visible under the microscope. Thanks @nimbosaecology.bsky.social for confirming

Sphagnum fimbriatum. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland). #mosses #mchy #Bryophyta #bryophytes #mszaki #bryology #mossfriends

One of my favourite mosses, Aulacomnium androgynum is a distinctive member of the soggy rotten wood community. It has its asexual reproductive buds it a bunch on stalks, hence its common name "Drumsticks".

Two mosses which grow in habitats polluted with heavy metals, like lead and zinc. The bright yellow-green one which looks like felt is Weissia controversa var. densiflora. The other is Bryum pallescens. Here they are growing in an abandoned gold mine in North Wales. @bbsbryology.bsky.social (1/2)

Nice to find good material of a tiny fungus, Bryobroma caudatum, on the liverwort Diplophyllum albicans yesterday. The fungus produces tiny fruitbodies up to only 75 microns diam. and spores with little tails. The distinctive mycelium forms a network over the host cell walls without killing them.

Odontoschisma fluitans growing in very nice wet bog beneath the water surface on/with Sphagnum cuspidatum mostly at An Léam thiar yesterday

Few lovely liverworts up on Dá Fhiacail Mhóra in southern Gullion, co. Armagh. The striking Ptilidium ciliare at its only SE Ulster site growing with Marsupella emarginata, Scapania compacta and Bartramia pomoformis as an unusual bryophyte mat community on acidic rock @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Dicranoweisia cirrata on birch bark and Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus on the ground. Koziegłowy, Wielkopolska (western Poland). #mosses #mchy #Bryophyta #bryophytes #mszaki #bryology #mossfriends

Ptilidium pulcherrimum (PL rzęsiak piękny, EN tree fringewort). Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland). #liverworts #wątrobowce #Marchantiophyta #Bryophytes #mszaki #bryology

The moss Hookeria lucens under a Birch on the edge of iron-rich bog in Ashdown Forest in Sussex today #bryology @bbsbryology.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

A rare species here, known mainly from the lower Wye Valley.

Sphagnum rubellum (red and orange) and papillosum ##moss #bryophyte

Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus. Zielonka Forest, Wielkopolska (western Poland). #mchy #mosses #Bryophyta #bryology

Some bryophytes that I found a couple of weeks ago, during a walk around Sant Climent Sescebes. Tortula truncata, Syntrichia laevipila, Hedwigia ciliata and Barbula unguiculata. More info in the images. #bryophytes #mosses

Sphagnum subnitens #moss #bryophyte

Shining Hookeria (Hookeria lucens) typically grows around streams and on slopes and banks in temperate woodlands. Hookeriaceae is, however, mostly a tropical family. Related species grow, e.g., as epiphylls on the leaves of other plants in tropical rainforests.

Corsinia coriandrina, looking fabulous on the coast west of Sintra.

Male plants of Mnium hornum; with beautiful, flower-like inflorescences at the tips of their shoots. Views Wood. Buxted. East Sussex

Ciliate hoarmoss, Hedwigia ciliata. Thought it was something else at first, but it's just dried up. It contrasts nicely with the surrounding fern moss.

Lophocolea bidentata #liverworts and Polytrichum piliferum #mosses. Kicin/Czerwonak, Wielkopolska (western Poland) #wątrobowce #mchy #Bryophytes #mszaki #bryology

I think this is Brook-side Feathermoss (Hygroamblystegium fluviatile) growing on limestone rock beside a small stream. Described by some as drab, to me it glowed green-gold in the afternoon sun. #moss #bryophyte

Stumbled across an absolute riot of Riccia growing between daffodil rows and tractor tracks beside this field on Isles of Scilly. We think the extensive rosettes, with slightly perforated thallus, are Riccia crystallina...

Broom forkmoss, Dicranum scoparium. A beautiful huge clump of bright green moss. Incredibly soft with a fascinating texture visually.

Sphagnum pulchrum portrait #moss #bryophyte

An assemblage of nice liverworts from Corcóg in the maamturks last week/réimse go aelusanna deas uaigh Corcóg sna Mám Toirce le @timoceallaigh.bsky.social an seachtain seo caite - Scapania ornithipoides, Radula aquelegia agus Anastrepta orcadensis (níl mé 100% faoin ceann deireadh fós)

The liverwort Marchantia polymorpha producing antheridiophores, looking like tiny umbrellas. These will release sperm which will swim to the archegonia on a female plant 💚☂️💚☂️💚☂️💚

For example, Sphagnum spores get ejected at over 60 mph and fly a distance more than 120x the size of the spore capsule thanks to vortex rings: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Nice to find a new record of Scopelophila cataractae (Tounge-leaf Copper-moss) a rare Metallophyte species that grows on old mine sites high in Copper,Lead and Zinc,here growing on fine hard compacted mine waste at Penryhnmawer on the Llyn Peninsula on Sunday @bbsbryology.bsky.social

A pleasure to find Blunt Feathermoss (Homalia trichomanoides) forming glossy mats on a shaded shale outcrop in Devon woodland today. Each leaf has a nerve reaching about halfway down. tinyurl.com/homalia-tric... #moss #bryophyte

A return visit to the Llyn peninsula for a ten day mossing Sesh, Saturday was back at Mynydd Tir-y Cwmwd were last year i discovered a new site for the nationally Scarce liverwort Cephaloziella dentata (toothed Threadwort) here it is amongst Cladonia @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Nice to find Riccia beyrichiana (Purple Crystalwort) on Saturday at Mynydd Tir-y Cwmwd,a new site for it on the Llyn Peninsula,a lovely chunky Riccia and in good amounts,nice @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Philinotis rigida (Rigid Apple-moss) at Mynydd Tir-y Cwmwd on Saturday, Spherical Capsules on a long Setae,a moss of wet Cliffs and river banks ,always nice to cast an eye over @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Entosthodon attenuatus (Thin Chord-moss) on wet peaty soil on Mynydd Tir-y Cwmwd on Saturday,nice to see fruiting nicely , lovely cherry-red Rhyzoids on this species,I didn't look at those as only this patch so left alone @bbsbryology.bsky.social

The joy of being new to a subject is that every find feels like a wonder. Today Notched Pouchwort (Calypogeia arguta) caught my eye, yellow gemmae like tiny lamps on a woodland bank. #liverwort #bryophyte

Sphagnum russowii, rubellum, girgensohnii and quinquefarium. Fun fact the star shaped red russowii in the middle is a hybrid of the green girgensohnii the small darker red rubellum seen in the pic #moss #bryophyte

Sphagnum Teres A loose growing, lawn forming species found in a base-rich flush in the Yorkshire dales. Glowing in the sun and showing off its amazing colour, sometimes described as 'malt vinegar'- but it can be completely green in shade! #bryophytes #sphagnum #nature #plants #botany

Delighted to come across a bright green colony of Bifid Crestwort (Lophocolea bidentata) covering a rock mid-stream today. Devon woodland #liverwort #bryophyte

The moss Dicranum scottianum is endemic to high rainfall regions of Europe & Macaronesia. In this Welsh temperate rainforest it is growing as an epiphyte on Oak. This example also has its own epiphytes - little colonies of cyanobacteria or algae. Plants on plants on plants @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Hyocomium armoricum A neat-looking riparian moss found most commonly in the North and West of the UK. Shades vary from inundated black and green, to drier variants of golden brown, and can be recognised by its large, neat growth style and habitat. #bryophytes #plants #moss #uknature #botany

Sphagnum fallax and flexuosum #moss #bryophyte

Calymperes nicaraguense Ren. & Card. Venezuela, W-Llanos, Forestal Reserve Caparo, rainforest, on bark of tree, 140 m, leg Lüth 3325 2001, det. Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp