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2019

No 122, November 2019
Articles

Bryophytes on Ben Nevis. Gordon Rothero
Arthur Weyman (1860–1935). Jim Lawley & Mark Lawley
Tortula cernua: the flamingos of the Don Valley in 2018. Steven Heathcote & Tom Blockeel
A brief introduction to bryophilous fungi in Britain and Ireland. George Greiff
William Mitten, Hurstpierpoint and the bryophytes of the world. Brad Scott
The epiphyte flora of roadside trees in the London conurbation with a North American perspective on its possible future. Jeff Duckett & Silvia Pressel

Rare and Interesting

Rare and Interesting No. 18. Oli Pescott

Meeting reports

BBS Autumn meeting 2018: Llanrwst, 5–7 October.Lucia Ruffino

News and Society business

Future Meetings. Lucia Ruffino

Spotlight

Lophocolea semiteres – perhaps not so harmless? Gordon Rothero

No 121, May 2019
Articles

The Scapanietum asperae in Wales. Sharon Pilkington
Morphological observations on Schistidium maritimum. Michael Lüth
Grimmia pulvinata with foliar gemmae from Serra de Monchique, Algarve, Portugal. Ron Porley & Silvia Pressel
Tortella fasciculata and T. pseudofragilis in Britain and Ireland. Tom Ottley & Tom Blockeel
Notes from the BBS Workshop on Didymodon, 2018. Tom Blockeel & Jan Kučera
Campylopus introflexus: a moss of British ‘fumaroles’. Rod Corner & Pete Convey
Syntrichia ruralis var. epilosa new to the British Isles. Seán O’Leary & Richard Fisk
Orthotrichum pumilum and O. schimperi in Britain. Tom Blockeel
An update on the status of Seligeria carniolica in England and Scotland. David Long & Richard Lansdown

Beginner’s Corner

Budding, breaking and spreading: asexual propagules. Sharon Pilkington

Meeting reports

BBS Summer Meeting 2018: Week 1, Isle of Man Chris Preston & Liz Kungu
BBS Summer Meeting 2018: Week 2, Isle of Arran Rory Whytock

News and Society business

including:

Council Newsletter No 35
New BBS Resource
Council Elections
Annual General Meeting 2019
Future Meetings

New County Records

The liverwort year – 2018. Nick Hodgetts
The moss year – 2018. Tom Blockeel

Spotlight

Weissia multicapsularis: a surprising discovery. Des Callaghan

2018

No 120, November 2018
Articles

The Zygodon-dominated species-poor epiphytic bryophyte flora of the Isles of Scilly. Jeffrey G. Duckett
Population survey of Grimmia arenaria in Wales. Des Callaghan & Sam Bosanquet
Plantlife projects working with BBS get new audiences into bryology. April Windle
Recent bryological activities in Antarctica. Paulo Câmara, Eduardo Toledo Amorim, Julia Viegas Mundim & Daiane Valente Valente
Harold Whitehouse (1917–2000): His life and legacy. Jeffrey G. Duckett
A bibliography of H.L.K. Whitehouse’s publications. Jeffrey G. Duckett (N.B. This is the complete list; the printed version had to be shortened)

Bryophytes abroad

Bryophytes on Fernando de Noronha island, South Atlantic. Denise Pinheiro da Costa, Diego Knop Henriques, Micheline Carvalho Silva, Jeffrey G. Duckett & Silvia Pressel

Rare and Interesting

Rare and Interesting No. 17. Oli Pescott

Meeting reports

BBS Autumn Meeting 2017: British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge Chris Preston
BBS Spring Meeting 2018: Swaledale, Yorkshire Tom Blockeel

News and Society business

Including:

The BBS and data protection regulations
From the new editors
Referee service – a helpline for identification
Special offer – Atlas of British and Irish Bryophytes
Future Meetings and Courses

Spotlight

Buxbaumia aphylla: an historic specimen from C.J.F. Bunbury’s herbarium. Chris D. Preston, Richard J. Fisk, Catherine Tregaskes & Lauren M. Gardiner

No 119, May 2018
Articles

Protected bryophyte site reports now available on-line for the Republic of Ireland Neil Lockhart

Meeting reports

 BBS Summer Meeting 2017: West Perthshire and Stirlingshire, Scotland Julie Smith
BBS Summer Meeting 2017: Applecross, Scotland David Long

News and Society business

Including:

The new Data Protection Regulations
Election of Officers and Elected Members of Council
Annual General Meeting 2018
Goodbye from the Editors
Council Newsletter no. 34
Future Meetings and Courses

New County Records

The liverwort year – 2017. Sam Bosanquet
The moss year – 2017. Tom Blockeel

Spotlight

Action for Mediterranean rarities at Talland Bay Des Callahan

2017

No 118, November 2017
Articles

Whale bones: the world’s most endangered bryophyte habitat. Jeffrey Duckett

Bryophytes abroad

Bryological Studies on Trindade Island, South Atlantic. Paulo Câmara & Micheline Carvalho Silva

Meeting reports

BBS Autumn Meeting 2016: Manchester University Jenny Rowntree
BBS Spring Meeting 2017: Jersey Chris Preston, Tom Blockeel, Sean O’Leary, Sharon Pilkington & Jeff Bates

News and Society business

Including:

General Data Protection Regulation
Changes to the Membership List
Future Meetings and Courses

Rare and Interesting

Rare and Interesting No. 16. Oli Pescott & Chris Preston

Spotlight

Re-finding Fossombronia foveolata at Thursley Common, Surrey. Silvia Pressel, Jill Kowal, Jeffrey Duckett

No 117, May 2017
Articles

Ebbor Gorge: a case study of a voluntary SSSI survey. Sharon Pilkington
Classification of sporophyte conditions in Buxbaumia viridis. Des Callaghan & Stewart Taylor
The Ulota group in Britain and Ireland, with notes on other species in the genus. Tom Blockeel & Sam Bosanquet
Buxbaumia viridis – the hunt. Clare Rickerby & Julie Smith
Sphagnum fuscum and Sphagnum beothuk in Britain and Ireland. Mark Hill

Beginner’s Corner

Puzzling hoary mosses: Grimmia, Schistidium and Racomitrium. Sharon Pilkington

Bryophytes abroad

Bryophytes of the Cyclades, Greece: the flora of the Island of Andros. Tom Blockeel

Meeting reports

BBS-SEB International Meeting 2017: Andalusia, Spain. Beatriz Vigalondo & Francisco Lara
BBS Summer Meeting 2016: Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Joanne Denyer
BBS Summer Meeting 2016: Donegal, Ireland. Rory Hodd

News and Society business

Including:

Election of Officers and Elected Members of Council
BBS website – a call for ideas and website design expertise
Annual General Meeting 2017
BBS Journals require new home
Council Newsletter no. 33
Changes to the Membership List
Future Meetings and Courses

New County Records

The liverwort year – 2016. Sam Bosanquet
The moss year – 2016. Tom Blockeel

Spotlight

Action for Cornish Path-moss. Des Callaghan

2016

No 116, November 2016
Articles

Where is Bruchia vogesiaca? Des Callaghan
Channelled crystalwort Riccia canaliculata in England. Sharon Pilkington
Atrichum angustatum in Britain – its status and conservation. RV Lansdown, TW Ottley, E Phillips & FJ Rumsey
Liverwort Key. John Lowell
Cladopodiella fluitans and iron deposition on Dersingham Bog National Nature Reserve. Robin Stevenson & Julia Masson
A new key to Grimmia in Britain and Ireland. Ron Porley

Meeting reports

BBS Autumn Meeting 2015: Preston Montford. Martin Godfrey
BBS Spring Meeting 2016: Radnorshire. Mark Hill
Grimmia workshop. Ron Porley

News and Society business

Including:

Linnean Society award for Howard Matcham
The BBS on social media
Changes to the Membership List
Future Meetings and Courses

Spotlight

Marchantia ruderalis on the Move: a Singularly Ropey Habitat. Jeffrey G Duckett & Sylvia Pressel

No 115, May 2016
Articles

Site-based grid-mapping: populations of notable hyper-oceanics in Wales. Des Callaghan
Bryum capillare with deciduous shoots – a means of asexual propagation? Martin Godfrey
Hedwigia striata in Britain and Ireland. Tom Blockeel & Sam Bosanquet
Buxbaumia viridis hot-spot survives severe flooding. John Agnew & Shaila Rao
Revised lists of nationally rare and scarce bryophytes for Britain. Oli Pescott
An unknown Didymodon, our latest “must see” moss. Mark Lawley
More on Mielichhoferia mielichhoferiana. N. Hodgetts

Rare and Interesting

Rare and Interesting No. 15. Oli Pescott & Chris Preston

Meeting reports

BBS Spring Meeting 2015: Freiburg, Germany. Tom Blockeel & David Long
BBS Summer Meeting 2015: Eryri/Snowdonia, Wales. Sam Bosanquet
BBS Summer meeting 2015: Isle of Eigg, Scotland. David Long

News and Society business

Including:

Election of Officers and Elected Members
Annual General Meeting 2016
Council Newsletter no. 32
Changes to the Membership List

New County Records

The liverwort year – 2015. Sam Bosanquet
The moss year – 2015. Tom Blockeel

Spotlight

Not necessarily NOXious: Blossoming bryophytes on London’s roadside trees. Jeffrey G. Duckett & Sylvia Pressel

2015

No 114, November 2015
Articles

Revision of the Flora (Protection) Order in the Republic of Ireland. Nick Hodgetts, Neil Lockhart & Christina Campbell
Ants, and their use of Sphagnum & other mosses. Robin Stevenson & Julia Masson
Notes on bryophytes of The Long Mynd, Shropshire. Des Callaghan
Hunting high and low for Hylocomium in Ireland. Hazel Cathcart & Kayla Wilkins

Meeting reports

BBS Autumn Meeting 2014: Edinburgh. David Long & Liz Kungu
BBS additional Autumn Meeting 2014: Newcastleton. David Long
BBS Spring Meeting 2015: Renfrewshire. Keith Watson

Book review

The Mosses and Liverworts of Mid-west Wales. Jeffrey Duckett, 2015. Mark Hill

News and Society Business

Including:

Wildlife in the Marches
Bryological libraries for sale
BBS Local Groups
Special issue of Biological Journal of the Linnean Society on biological recording
Changes to the Membership List
Future Meetings and Courses

Spotlight

Ex situ conservation of the Macaronesian endemic Grimmia curviseta. Alexandra Rodríguez

No 113, May 2015
Articles

The substrate associations of Tetraplodon mnioides. Fiona Cameron
Mielichhoferia in the British Isles. Fred Rumsey
Swann’s Crystal Ball: Seeking Species in the Sixties. Robin Stevenson
Dead wood comes alive. Erik Aude, Klaas van Dort, Rasmus Fuglsang Frederiksen & Sally Gadsdon
Rhizoidal tubers in Pleuridium acuminatum. Nick Law & Tom Blockeel
Making permanent slides of delicate liverworts. David Copestake
Investigating the impact of ash dieback: A short update on the SPLASH project. Oli Pescott & Chris Preston

Beginner’s Corner

Fissidens: a few shortcuts. Sharon Pilkington

Rare and Interesting

Rare and Interesting No. 14. Oli Pescott & Chris Preston

Meeting reports

BBS Summer Meeting 2014: Killin, Scotland. Gordon Rothero & Rory Hodd

Book review

Pictures of Bryophytes: Mosses andLiverworts in their natural habitat. Michael Luth, 2014.  Tom Blockeel

News and Society business

Including:

Bryological book dispersal at the BBS AGM, September 2015
Octospora affinis in Britain
Local meeting updates for 2015/2016
Sematophyllum demissum
Council Newsletter no. 31
Changes to the Membership List

New County Records

The liverwort year – 2014. Sam Bosanquet
The moss year – 2014. Tom Blockeel

Spotlight

Spotlight. Jo Wilbraham

2014

No 112, November 2014
Articles

Pohlia scotica – a neglected endemic moss. Gordon Rothero
Sematophyllum demissum in Wales. Des Callaghan
Petrifying Springs in Wales. Jonathan Graham & Gareth Farr
Perrier site (Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France) and the conservation of troglodytic bryophytes. Vincent Hugonnot & Florine Pépin

Bryophytes abroad

Desert Island Delights: the Bryophytes of Ascension Island. Silvia Pressel, Howard Matcham, Catherine Supple & Jeff Duckett

Meeting reports

BBS Annual Meeting 2013: London. Jeff Duckett
BBS Spring Meeting 2014: Rolveden. Tom Ottley
Orthotrichum Workshop. Tom Blockeel

News and Society business

Including:

Monitoring the impact of ash dieback: The SPLASH project
Searching for specific text in BBS publications
Derek Ratcliffe
Vice County recorder updates
Council Newsletter No. 30
Changes to the Membership List, October 2014
Future Meetings and Courses

Spotlight

Splachnum. Des Callaghan

No 111, May 2014
Articles

Tomentypnum nitens (Woolly Feather-moss) rediscovered in Norfolk. Julia Masson & Robin Stevenson
Observations on fruiting populations of Tomentypnum nitens. Rod Corner
St Kilda revisited: Bryophytes on the edge of the world. Ron Porley, Nick Hodgetts & Clare Rickerby
Monitoring the impacts of ash dieback on epiphytic bryophytes. Oliver Pescott & Chris Preston
Ceratodon conicus: Scarce Redshank or Common Patio Moss? Peter Martin
Rimbachia neckerae: a rare moss fungus. Tom Preece

Bryophytes abroad

There and back again: an eagerly awaited journey to a primitive paradise. William Rimington, Jeff Duckett & Katie Field

Rare and interesting

Rare and interesting 13. Oliver Pescott & Chris Preston

Meeting reports

BBS Summer 2013 meeting: Kinlochewe. Oliver Pescott
BBS Summer 2013 meeting: Raasay. Nick Hodgetts
Border Bryologists 2014 meeting. Mark Lawley
Acrocarps Workshop. Sharon Pilkington
Bryum Workshop. Martin Godfrey

News and Society business

Including:

Education and Training Committee
Annual General Meeting 2014
Election of Officers and Elected Members of Council
Jean Paton’s Liverwort Flora of the British Isles
Discovering a Secret Kingdom
ATLAS OF BRITISH AND IRISH BRYOPHYTES publication announcement
Future Courses and Meetings
Changes to the Membership List, April 2014

New County Records

The hepatic year – 2013. Sam Bosanquet
The moss year – 2013. Tom Blockeel

Spotlight

A reduced peristome in Entosthodon obtusus. Howard Matcham

2013

No 110, November 2013
Articles

Telaranea europaea, new to Wales. Malcolm Watling
A preliminary review of the genus Oxystegus in Britain and Ireland.  Tom Blockeel
Rare and scarce bryophytes of Ireland.  Nick Hodgetts & Neil Lockhart
Wound dressings in World War I: the kindly Sphagnum moss.  Peter Ayres
Tales of the unexpected, no. 2: Ulota calvescens in the southern Pennines.  Tom Blockeel & Johnny Turner

Bryophytes abroad

Hornwort heaven.  Silvia Pressel, Jeff Duckett & Juan Carlos Villarreal

Rare and interesting

Rare and interesting 12.   Mark Hill

Meeting reports

BBS Autumn 2012 meeting. Jo Denyer et al.
BBS Spring 2013 meetingJeff Bates
BRECOG meeting. Martin Godfrey
IAB Field meeting. Sam Bosanquet

Book review

A guide to finding mosses in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Peter Creed & Tom Haynes, 2013Sean O’Leary

News and Society business

Including:

Mugshots please
The Mosses and Liverworts of Shropshire
The Mosses and Liverworts of Cheshire
Monitoring the effects of Ash Dieback disease
Changes to the Membership List, October 2013
Future Meetings and Courses

Spotlight

Marchantia polymorpha under the lens.  Des Callaghan

No 109, May 2013
Articles

Sematophyllum substrumulosum: a rapidly changing picture. Sam Bosanquet
Tree Moss Climacium dendroides in Shropshire. Lisa Barlow
BAP surveillance in Scotland. Nick Hodgetts, Gordon Rothero & Dave Genney
A new record of Grimmia crinita in England. Howard Wallis

Bryophytes Abroad

Mountains and islands: in search of bryophytes in Greece. Tom Blockeel

Meeting Reports

BBS Spring Meeting 2012. Diane Dobson et al.
BBS Summer Meeting 2012. Mark Hill, Jo Denyer et al.
Pleurocarp workshop 2012. Martin Godfrey

News and Society Business

Including:

Hello from the new editors
Annual General Meeting 2013
Election of Officers and Elected Members of Council
Changes to the Membership List, March 2013
Future Meetings and Courses

New County Records

The Hepatic year – 2012. Sam Bosanquet
The Moss year – 2012. Tom Blockeel

Last word

Conferva zygodontis from Norfolk. Mary Ghullam & Robin Stevenson

2012

No 108, November 2012
Articles

Eric Watson’s Algarve diary 1989. E.V. Watson (transcribed David Long)
The BBS meeting in the Algarve in 1989: a retrospective view. Tom Blockeel & David Long
Some chromosome counts for the genus Bryum. Martin Godfrey
Ephemerum cohaerens, an exquisite survivor of functional alluvial habitats. Vincent Hugonnot, Jaoua Celle & Thierry Vergne
Soap to suppositories – ‘new’ uses for Sphagnum. Robin Stevenson

Bryophytes Abroad

In search of the Yulong Pincushion and Delavay’s Prongwort. David Long

Book review

Rare and Threatened Bryophytes of Ireland. Neil Lockhart et al, 2012. Jo Denyer

Bygone Bryologists

John Nowell (1802–1867). Mark Lawley

Beginner’s Corner

Liverwort reproductive structures – demystifying the jargon. Sharon Pilkington

News and Society Business

Including:

Goodbye from the current editors
NMW and BBSUK specimen lists available online at National Museum Wales
The Bryophytes of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly – David Holyoak
BBS on Facebook
Index of BBS publications 1896–2012
Changes to the Membership List, October 2012
Future meetings

Comment

A cautionary tale. Robin Stevenson

No 107, June 2012
Articles

Vagrant epiphytic mosses in England and Wales. Sam Bosanquet
Grimmia horrida and its separation from G. montana and G. incurva. Ron Porley
Records of Buxbaumia viridis growing on new substrates. Stewart Taylor
Bartleya in Britain: a brief look at a confusing plant. Sam Bosanquet
The ‘moss men’ of Papua New Guinea. Deborah Jordan

Field Notes

Orthotrichum scanicum.  Tom Blockeel

Bygone Bryologists

Cosslett Herbert Waddell (1858–1919).  Mark Lawley

Beginner’s Corner

Hand lenses and microscopes part 2: choosing a microscope.  Sharon Pilkington

Meeting Report

BBS Annual Meeting and Conference, 9–11 September 2011.  Ray Tangney

News and Society business

Including:

Election of Officers and Elected Members of Council
Annual General Meeting 2012
BBS Subscriptions
Herbertus in the news
Changes to the Membership List, May 2012
Future Meetings

New County Records

The hepatic year 2011.  Sam Bosanquet
The moss year 2011.  Tom Blockeel

Review

 Journal of the Month review.  Liz Kungu

No 106, February 2012
Articles

European Herbertus and the ‘Viking prongwort’. David Bell & David Long
The appearance of Pohlia camptotrachela in Surrey – a major range extension. Howard Wallis
A bryological stroll through time in the Welsh Marches. Mark Lawley

Bryophytes Abroad

Lower plants inventory and conservation in the Falkland Islands: bryophyte reconnaissance and collecting expedition. Jeff Duckett, Shaun Russell, Rebecca Upson & Ray Tangney

Bygone Bryologists

John Fergusson (1834–1907). Mark Lawley

Beginner’s Corner

Hand lenses and microscopes. Sharon Pilkington

Meeting Reports

BBS Summer Meeting 2011. David Bell & Mark Pool
Sphagnum Workshop, November 2011. Martin Godfrey & Mark Hill
Border Bryologists 2011. Mark Lawley

Rare and Interesting

Rare and interesting 11. Mark Hill

News and Society Business

Including:

Election of Officers and Elected Members of Council
Annual General Meeting 2012
English Names for British Bryophytes – 4th edition
Second-hand bryology books
Changes to the Membership List, January 2012
Roy Hurr
‘Journal of the Month’
Council Newsletter No. 28
Future Meetings

Opinion

The naming of plants – a radical proposal. John Lowell

2011

No 105, November 2011
Articles

Notes on Cephaloziella massalongi and C. nicholsonii in Snowdonia, Wales. Des Callaghan
Some chromosome counts for the genus Cephaloziella. Martin Godfrey
Keys to Grimmia in Europe. Eva Maier (translated Peter Erzberger)
The dual process theory as applied to bryological identification. Jonathan Sleath
Octospora phagospora: a bryophilous fungus new to Britain. Howard Matcham

Bryophytes Abroad

Rediscovery of Rhamphidium purpuratum Mitt. (Bryophyta, Ditrichaceae) in Portugal after more than 60 years. Cecília Sérgio, Patricia María Rodríguez-González, António Albuquerque & César Garcia

Ecology Matters

BRECOG update: 5 years remaining. Jeff Bates

Bygone Bryologists

Hugh Davies (1739-1821). Mark Lawley

Beginner’s Corner

Confusing urban mosses part 2: masonry-dwellers. Sharon Pilkington

Meeting Reports

BBS Spring 2011, Wharfedale. Tom Blockeel
Devon Bryophyte Group. Mark Pool

News and Society Business

Including:

72 years a member
Free to a good home…
New home for herbarium
BBS on the BBC
Flora of Bedfordshire
Changes to the Membership List, September 2011
Future Meetings and Courses

Opinion

Sphagnum harvesting: an antipodean myopia. Rod Seppelt

No 104, June 2011
Articles

Mixed northern hepatic mat: a threatened and unique bryophyte community. Rory Hodd & Micheline Sheehy Skeffington
Encouraging bryophyte recording in Ireland: a mini-flora of the Wicklow Mountains. Joanne Denyer
Ecology and distribution of Grimmia crinita Brid. Henk Greven
The psychology of discovery: finding and recognizing uncommon bryophytes. Mark Lawley
Mosses in English literature, part 5: ‘Luminous Moss’. Sean Edwards
‘… And we was all on the cover of Newsweek’. Jim Lawley

Field Notes

Leptodontium proliferum. Ron Porley

Poem

11.1.11 Maurice Eakin

Beginner’s Corner

Confusing urban mosses part 1: ground-dwellers. Sharon Pilkington

Meeting Reports

BBS Autumn Meeting 2010, London. Jeff Duckett
Border Bryologists 2010. Mark Lawley

News and Society Business

Including:

AGM 2011
Election of Officers and Elected Members of Council
New hand lenses
New leaflet to promote Journal of Bryology
Bryophytes de France
Changes to the Membership List, June 2011
Future Meetings and Courses

New county records

The hepatic year – 2010 / New records – hepatics. Sam Bosanquet
The moss year – 2010 / New records – mosses. Tom Blockeel

Opinion

Why do bryophytes seem to lack extensive diversity?  Janice Glime

No 103, February 2011
Articles

Current status of the known populations of Lejeunea mandonii in Scotland. Oliver Moore
Molecular bryology: mosses in the genomic era. Andrew C. Cuming
Worcestershire locations with interesting mosses and liverworts. Tessa Carrick
The BBS Field Guide: pregnancy and post-partum. Mark Lawley

Bryophytes Abroad

Bryophyte exploration of south-west Sichuan, China. David Long

Conservation News

A revised Red List of bryophytes in Britain. Nick Hodgetts

Beginner’s Corner

Sorting the mosses from the liverworts. Sharon Pilkington

Rare and Interesting

Rare and Interesting 10. Mark Hill

Meeting Reports

BBS Summer Meeting 2010 – Week 1. Liz Kungu
BBS Summer Meeting 2010 – Week 2. Mark Hill
BBS survey of Wisley RHS gardens. Mark Hill

News and Society Business

Including:

AGM 2011
Election of Officers and Elected Members of Council
Field Guide feedback
Journal facelift
Changes to the Membership List, January 2011
Council Newsletter No. 27
Future Meetings

Book Reviews

Including:

The Mosses and Liverworts of Pembrokeshire (Sam Bosanquet). Mark Pool
Atlas of the Bryophytes of South Hampshire (Rod Stern). Andrew Branson

Opinion

Why museums matter. Martin Godfrey

2010

No 102, October 2010
Articles

Ditrichum plumbicola Crundw. (lead-moss) in the Mendips. Fred Rumsey & Helena J. Crouch
Shropshire’s bryoflora in the first decade of the 21st century. Mark Lawley
Recording mosses and liverworts in Worcestershire. Tessa Carrick
Increasing knowledge of the bryoflora of mainland France: recent initiative. Sébastien Leblond, Vincent Hugonnot & Jacques Bardat
Moss arrives at Cannes. Jennifer Rowntree

Update

A new Atlas of bryophytes – updated coverage maps. Mark O. Hill & Chris D. Preston

Bryophytes Abroad

Switzerland: Where the Mediterranean meets the Arctic. Heike Hoffman & Norbert Schnyder

Ecology Matters.

Ecology Matters. Jeff Bates

Bygone Bryologists

Frances Elizabeth Tripp (1832–1890). Mark Lawley

Beginner’s Corner

Books for aspiring bryologists. Sharon Pilkington

Book Reviews

Including:

Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland: a Field Guide. Jeff Bates
Mousses et Hépatiques de Païolive. Sam Bosanquet

Mousses et Hépatiques de Païolive. A French translation of Sam’s review by Yves Peytoureau

Hot off the Press
Meeting Reports

BBS Spring Meeting 2010: South Lincolnshire & East Nottinghamshire. Jonathan Graham & Robin Stevenson
Border Bryologists 2009. Mark Lawley

News and Society Business

Including:

New non-flowering plant group in North Wales
Atlas of the Bryophytes of South Hampshire – Rod Stern
Botanical social networking – at https://My-Plant.org
The Mosses and Liverworts of Pembrokeshire – Sam Bosanquet
Changes to the Membership List September 2010
Future Meetings

Opinion

The path to bryological recording. Jo Denyer

No 101, May 2010
Articles

Large, new population of Lophozia perssonii discovered on Salisbury Plain defence training estate. Sharon Pilkington
Changing patterns in frequency of two coprophilous/necrophilous mosses in northern England and some notes on forestry tracks. John O’Reilly
Update on the distribution, ecology and conservation of Fissidens fontanus in Portugal. C. Sérgio, C. Vieira, I. Silva, M. Brugués, R. Cros & S. Stow
Developments in British and Irish field bryology during the decade 2000–2009. Mark Lawley

Bygone Bryologists

Richard de Gylpyn Benson’s ‘British Mosses’. Martin Godfrey

Useful Pieces of Equipment

The ‘Gorillapod’. Jonathan Sleath

Obituary

Derek Hill. Howard Matcham

Bryophytes Abroad

The rediscovery and conservation status of Bazzania bhutanica in Bhutan. David Long

Meeting Report

BBS Autumn Meeting 2009, Sussex. David Streeter

News and Society Business

Including:

Dublin Group
AGM 2010
The Mosses and Liverworts of Pembrokeshire
Election of Officers and Elected Members of Council
Cumulative Index of BBS Publications (1896–2009)
Changes to the Membership List May 2010
Future Meetings

New vice-county records

Including:

Persisting introductions: a new bryophyte recording category. Tom Blockeel
Hepaticae. Sam Bosanquet
Musci. Gordon Rothero

Opinion

 How much should the services of a bryologist cost? Des Callaghan

No 100, February 2010
Articles

The tragedy of the Twelve Bens of Connemara: is there a future for Adelanthus lindenbergianus? David Long
Buxbaumia viridis in Abernethy Forest and other sites in northern Scotland. Stewart Taylor
The reappearance of Micromitrium tenerum in south-east England. Peter Howarth & Howard Wallis
Daltonia splachnoides in Irish conifer plantations – another epiphyte on the move. Sam D.S. Bosanquet, Linda Coote, Daniel L. Kelly, David G. Long & Chris D. Preston
Tales of the unexpected: Dicranoweisia crispula on a Peak District wall. Tom Blockeel
The status of the known populations of Rhynchostegium rotundifolium in the British Isles. Des Callaghan

Conservation News

A revised list of nationally rare bryophytes. Chris Preston

Hot off the Press
Bygone Bryologists

George Don 1764–1814. Mark Lawley

Meeting Report

BBS Summer Meeting in Co. Cork and Co. Kerry 27 June–11 July 2009. Sam Bosanquet & Chris Preston

News and Society Business

Including:

Happy Birthday FB!
AGM 2010
Election of Officers and Elected Members of Council
Changes to the Membership List January 2010
Council Newsletter No. 26
Future Meetings

Debracketing Records

Debracketing records submitted to BRC before September 2009. Mark Hill

Opinion

Responding to climate change – a personal and Agency view. David Genney