BBSBryology @BBSbryology
Sharing the word about some not so lower plants. International. Professional and amateur. Responses are my own not official BBS policy. britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk United Kingdom Joined September 2016-
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このコケはヒメクジャクゴケHypopterygium japonicumでした。
Cololejeunea calcarea (Rock Pouncewort) on limestone Outcrops in Kites bushes near Chepstow in Monmouthshire last Monday @BBSbryology
Trichostomum crispulum (Curley Crisp-moss) at Great Barnet wood near Chepstow in Monmouthshire last weekend @BBSbryology
Trichostomum brachydontium (Variable Crisp-moss) in Great Barnet wood near Chepstow in Monmouthshire last weekend @BBSbryology
Here's how to safely eat wild "mosses". I recommend Sphagnum. Collect only the densely packed small tip branches, wash thoroughly, and boil them in boiling water with baking soda for 20 minutes. Then rinse thoroughly in cold water, squeeze out, and use in a variety of dishes.
Kimi Ishizaki, a professor of Kobe University told me that axenically cultured Marchantia polymorpha is edible in raw! Today, our students compared the taste of three species of Marchantia: M. polymorpha, M. pinnata, and M. quadrata.
Scleropodium cespitans (Tufted Feather-moss) a moss often found on tree's ,rocks and banks of lowland rivers were there is Occasional flooding,here on the Severn tuther weekend @BBSbryology
Leskia polycarpa (Many-fruiting Leskea) a moss of branches and trunks of tree's in the flood zone of rivers , often encrusted with silt , here on the edge of the Severn at Hawbridge tuther weekend @BBSbryology
Ditrichum heteromallum (Curve-leaved Ditrichum) growing on the edge of an iron rich seepage on a Coastal Landslip in Pembrokeshire a couple of weeks ago.@BBSbryology
A selection of mosses from Derbyshire this week. Just love the different textures and subtle colours @BBSbryology @BNAscience
The miniscule moss that is Luisier's Tufa-moss (Gymnostomum viridulum) growing amongst other bryophytes on a limestone outcrop above Milford Haven beach in Pembrokeshire last week @BBSbryology
A species i have been longing to see , great to see Habrodon perpusillus (Lesser Squirrel-tail Moss) at Sir Johns Hill near Laugharne in Carmarthenshire yesterday, a nationally Scarce epiphyte that grows on mature tree's in well-lit situations @BBSbryology
Been meaning to seek out this rarety for a while, nice to see Dendrocraphaea lamyana (Multi-fruited Cryphaea) on the Afon Teifi at Pontwelly on friday for the first time, an uncommon species of a few uk rivers @BBSbryology
Nice to get my target species yesterday at Pwllcrochan Fen, Amblystegium radicale (Swamp Feather-moss) an uncommon species with its national Stronghold in Pembrokeshire, a species predominantly found growing on old Phragmites stems in fens @BBSbryology
Porella obtusata (Broad Scalewort) putting on a good show on a block of red sandstone behind gravel-bay at Freshwater west on the Pembrokeshire Coast yesterday, a beuty of an uncommon liverwort species @BBSbryology
Grimmia Lisae,on red sandstone behind gravel-bay on the Pembrokeshire Coastal path in-between Freshwater west and South Studdock yesterday @BBSbryology
Ditrichum subulatum (Awl-leaved Ditrichum) at Castle pill near Milford Haven yesterday, a Scarce species of Crumbling soil of Coastal Creeks with Overhanging Oaks ,nice to have its pleasure again as have only seen it Once before at French-man's Creek in Cornwall @BBSbryology
Cephaloziella turneri (Turner's Threadwort) found in good amounts in three localitys along the west side of Castle pill near Milford Haven yesterday ,a lovely plant @BBSbryology
Gymnomitrion crenulatum (Western frostwort) on the block scree field on Carn Ingli on Mynydd Carningli on Wednesday @BBSbryology

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