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Recording cards and spreadsheets (4/5/24)

New versions of the printable and digital recording cards for SE England, Middle Britain and Ireland, modified to include Tortula acaulon rather than the subspecies Tortula acaulon var. acaulon. Available to download:

https://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/recording/recording-cards/

IUCN Red List spreadsheet download (1/5/24)

A spreadsheet version of Des Callaghan’s 2023 IUCN Red List of the bryophytes of Britain is now available to download from the Conservation status page within Resources (https://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/resources/conservation-status/)

Species Finder pages (29/4/24)

ID notes have been added for the following species:

Cololejeunea calcarea

Cololejeunea rossettiana

Homomallium incurvatum

Hypnum andoi

Polytrichum perigoniale

Sphagnum molle

Sphagnum papillosum

Species Finder pages (3/4/24)

ID notes have been added for the following species:

Acaulon triquetrum

Ditrichum heteromallum

Flexitrichum gracile

Rhodobryum roseum

Tortula acaulon

Species Finder pages (29-31/3/24)

One or more new images have been added to the following species:

Anthelia julacea
Calypogeia fissa
Campylophyllopsis calcarea
Campylopus introflexus
Cephalozia curvifolia
Conocephalum conicum
Didymodon insulanus
Frullania dilatata
Hennediella stanfordensis
Homalothecium lutescens
Hygrohypnella ochracea
Hypnum cupressiforme
Lepidozia cupressina
Lophocolea semiteres
Metzgeria furcata
Myrinia pulvinata
Odontoschisma sphagni
Plagiochila asplenioides
Plagiochila porelloides
Plagiomnium undulatum
Pogonatum aloides
Pohlia lescuriana
Riccardia palmata
Syntrichia laevipila
Tetraphis pellucida
Tortula caucasica

Species Finder pages (30/3/24)

ID notes have been added for the following species:

Bryum canariense

Cephaloziella baumgartneri

Chiloscyphus polyanthos

Conardia compacta

Ctenidium molluscum

Dicranella rufescens

Didymodon tophaceus

Funaria hygrometrica

Gymnocolea inflata

Hedwigia stellata

Philonotis fontana

Pleurozium schreberi

Pogonatum urnigerum

Pohlia annotina

Pohlia wahlenbergii

Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans

Recording card spreadsheets (20/3/24)

New versions of the digital recording cards (spreadsheets) for SE England, Middle Britain and NW Scotland, fixing an error with the calculation of unique reference numbers. Available to download:

https://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/recording/recording-cards/

Species Finder pages (7/3/24)

ID notes have been added for the following species:

Blasia pusilla

Dichodontium pellucidum

Lophocolea bidentata

Lophocolea heterophylla

Lunularia cruciata

Recording cards (2/3/24)

New versions of the recording cards and spreadsheets, using the 2021 Census Catalogue names, are now available to download:

https://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/recording/recording-cards/

Species Finder pages (25/2/24)

ID notes and additional images have been added for the following species:

Dicranella heteromalla

Fissidens polyphyllus

Metzgeria violacea

Polytrichum piliferum

Pseudocrossidium revolutum

Schistidium rivulare

Sphagnum quinquefarium

Sphagnum tenellum

Tortella fasciculata

Tortella tortuosa

Spring Meeting 2024 (20/2/24)

A draft programme with lots of site information, and a Risk Assessment have been added to the Lincoln meeting page https://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/event/spring-meeting-2024-lincoln/

Species Finder pages (13/2/24)

ID notes have been added for the following species:

Aulacomnium palustre

Campylopus fragilis

Lophocolea semiteres

Palustriella commutata

Pellia epiphylla

Pohlia lutescens

Radula complanata

Rhytidiadelphus loreus

Riccardia chamedryfolia

Species Finder pages (7/2/24)

ID notes and additional images have been added for the following species:

Amphidium mougeotii

Calypogeia arguta

Encalypta vulgaris

Fissidens fontanus

Frullania fragilifolia

Plagiothecium undulatum

Keys to British and Irish Bryophytes (26/1/24)

The latest version of Nick Hodgett’s Keys to British and Irish Bryophytes using field and microscope characters, including for the first time a key to Liverworts.

Available on the Bryophyte Identification page under Resources

Species Finder pages (20/1/24)

ID notes have been added for the following species:

Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus

Lepidozia reptans

Orthotrichum sprucei

Plagiomnium affine

Pleuridium acuminatum

Pleuridium subulatum

Sphagnum teres

Species Finder pages (18/1/24)

ID notes have been added for the following species:

Distichium capillaceum

Homalia trichomanoides

Homalothecium lutescens

Microbryum rectum

Didymodon sinuosus

Cumulative index (17/1/24)

The latest Cumulative Index has been uploaded, with entries up to Journal of Bryology 45 (3) and Field Bryology 130

Published: 4 May 2024