A warning to those who go killing the moss Your Karma will come, because Nature Is Boss You will also incite The Bryologist’s Curse, which will make the whole business considerably worse!

Little Paxton Pits yesterday. Drepanocladus aduncus at pool edge- a rain fed ephemeral pond.

It was worth standing in a swamp half-way up my wellies to see this, Shining Hookeria (Hookeria lucens). I made the classic beginner’s mistake of thinking it was a liverwort at first. It’s actually a beautiful moss. tinyurl.com/2ufm4tnj

A common, but beautiful species: Funaria hygrometrica Hedw., with young sporophytes. Location: Santa Caterina valley, Montgrí massif, 80 m. a.s.l., province of Girona, NE Spain. Growing on disturbed soil next to an artificial pond, February 2026. #bryophytes #mosses

Sphagnum cuspidatum portrait #moss #bryophyte

Marble Screw-moss (Syntrichia papillosa) growing abundantly on old blackthorn (?) branches. Found in the same location as the last post. 🌱 Close up inspection of the leaves clearly shows the gemmae (which are apparently baby mosses!) on the leaves. @bbsbryology.bsky.social #mosses #bryophytes

Another street tree epiphyte that's becoming more common in London - Orthotrichum tenellum forms small neat cushions with notably long capsules and calyptra. The leaf tips also have a distinctive beak at the end. Another bryophyte taking advantage of the cleaner air!

One or two recent mosses from Felbrigg - Revolute Beard-moss (Pseudocrossidium revolutum), Elegant Silk-moss (Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans), Aloe Haircap capsules (Pogonatum aloides) & Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum) @norfolknats.bsky.social

Four common #mosses from my area (Kicin, western Poland): Plagiomnium affine, Polytrichum formosum, Atrichum undulatum, and Dicranum cf. scoparium. #mchy #Bryophyta #bryophytes #mszaki #bryology #mossfriends

Sphagnum quinquefarium orange and red variants #moss #bryophyte

Frullania dilatata. Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland). #liverworts #wątrobowce #Marchantiophyta #Bryophytes #mszaki #bryology

Platydictya jungermanoides, growing infront of two Caves in the Wye valley Gorge last Saturday, lovely species and habitat @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Platydictya jungermanoides,purple Rhizoids in last pic.

Marchesinia mackaii (MacKay's Pouncewowort) or rock treacle as I call it,on the Limestone Outcrops in the Wye valley Gorge last weekend @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Anomodon longifolius (Long-leaved Tail-moss) on the Carboniferous limestone outcrops at Lady park wood in the Wye valley Gorge last Saturday @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Size difference between Anomodon longifolius (top) & Anomodon viticulosus (bottom) .

Detall de la càpsula de GRIMMIA PULVINATA, fotografiada a la Plana d'Ancosa. #briòfits #molses

Lovely day out in North Hants today in the company of @pilkyplant.bsky.social , Billy from @hantsbic.bsky.social and others at Ladle Hill. Very few records for bryophytes before but there was plenty of interest including Tortula protobryoides, Seligeria calycina and Bryum torquescens.

𝘍𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 Hedw. 📍 Río Eifonso

Our Billy is exploring Winchester and noting #PavementPlants and mosses! Rue-leaved Saxifrage starting to appear, Scleropodium cespitans, Aloina aloides in the city and Abietinella abietina on St Catherine's Hill @bbsbryology.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Rhodobryum huillense (Welw. & Duby) Touw Venezuela, Andes, Merida, surrounding Laguna Coromoto, Upper cloud forest, on rotten stump, 2550 m, leg M. Lüth 3313 Looks a bit like R. grandifolium, but plants and leaves are much smaller.

Solving mysteries with moss New paper examines the history of using moss as evidence in forensic cases buff.ly/pLM9RzL via Field Museum #PlantScience

More lovely Sphagnum. The green-yellow S strictum heads look like little fluffy animals to me

Cololejeunea calcarea (rock pouncewort) growing on limestone in this lovely woodland last week. Cluain na mbinne, Gaillimh

Three nice #liverworts from Zielonka Forest, Wielkopolska (western Poland). Metzgeria furcata, Frullania dilatata, and Radula complanata. #Marchantiophyta #wątrobowce #Bryophytes #mszaki #bryology

Sphagnum capillifolium #moss #bryophyte

I found a big patch of the introduced liverwort Lophocolea semiteres on a fallen decaying tree today - it's dioicous and those male shoots are very conspicuous. It was first found in 2017 on a colliery tip in Midsomer Norton and so far appears to be spreading very slowly in N. Somerset.

Dung moss, Tetraplodon mnoides. As the common name suggests, it often grows on animal dung, but can also grow on bones, antlers and other substrates. Always an eye catcher for its striking colours. #Newfoundland, Canada. #moss #bryophyte

Coill i Cluain na binne, thuaidh ó Maigh cuilinn. Very lush limestone woodland and some Neckera crispa and Ctenidium molloscum sporophytes, never consciously noticed these before

Great Glos bryology group meeting last Sunday at the Hudnalls NR on challenging slippery slopes above the Wye. Over 100spp - thanks to Sharon for the report www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/event/glouce... and an awful lot of the ids! @pilkyplant.bsky.social @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Really useful set of images! Still quite uncommon in southern England.

Tetraphis pellucida with its distinctive gemmae cups (although I think there would sometimes be more of them than my sample had) growing on a wooded ledge in Leic aimhréidh. A first for me, thanks @joannedenyer.bsky.social for confirming :)

Plagiochila punctata A hyperoceanic liverwort found in damp, rainy woodlands across the Altantic rainforest zone in the UK. It can most easily be differentiated from other Plagiochila species by it's significantly smaller size 🔍🌿 #naturephotography #macro #botany

Pohlia nutans (Nodding Thread-moss) is a very common, widespread acrocarpous moss in the UK found on acidic soil, peat, and rotten wood. #ThePhotoHour #TonyBayliss #photography #art #moss #macro #macrophotography

More incredible temperate rainforest, from Seatoller Wood in Borrowdale. Nice to see native tree cover reaching the 300m mark. Of two Lepidozia cupressina colonies with good OSGRs available on NBN, though, I could sadly only refind one. I think the other is genuinely gone. @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Sphagnum fallax #moss #bryophyte

Marsh Flapwort (Biantheridion undulifolium) creeping through Sphagnum. Only a handful of known British sites for this wonderful liverwort. @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Porella platyphylla from the mortared walls of the promenade in Co. Louth. Appears to be a first for the Cooley Peninsula and the first record of the liverwort from the county in a few decades! @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Rose Moss (Rhodobryum roseum) looking as stunning as usual in Shropshire today 😍 @bbsbryology.bsky.social

I was admiring the luxuriance of South London bryophyte epiphytes yesterday. Street trees carpeted in Syntrichia papillosa; huge cushions of Pulvigera lyelii... some nice species diversity but also saw 'algal gloop' smothering wall top mosses. Nitrogen pollution impacting in different ways.

Sphagnum subnitens, capillifolium and strictum #moss #bryophyte

Suspect Anthelia julacea, always a tricky one to photo (well!) from the Mourne mountains this weekend. The records suggest it isn't very common there

Sphagnum fallax and fimbratum or girgensohnii #moss #bryophyte

Grimmia austrofunalis Müll. Hal. Andes, Merida, sourrounding of Laguna Coromoto, Subparamos, on open rock, gneis, 3000 m, leg 2001 M. Lüth 3302 Stem without central strand, costal cells mostly uniform, hydroids lacking, big and somewhat glossy plants

Sphagnum fallax portrait #moss #bryophyte