Jo Wilbraham

Thanks George for your kind comments. I worked really hard on the book, though doing the research was a joy! I found it really interesting to navigate at that higher taxonomic level and it meant I ended up looking into obscure genera that turned up interesting perspectives!

Hi Kathleen - wow thank you so much. I've never been on ticktock but that sounds great. I hope the book helps spread some love and awareness for our favourite plants!

A magnificently illustrated guide to the bryophyte species found across the world.

Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts of the World by Joanna Wilbraham is out now. Learn more and order your copy of this fascinating book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

It's publication day for Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of the World!

Immerse yourself in the miniature world of these fascinating plants, delve into their evolutionary past and look ahead to what might be in store for their future.

More details at: shorturl.at/Zmtfe

Stands of Fucus serratus (jagged edge) and Fucus vesiculosus (paired bladders) on the white sands of the Brittany coast #Seaweeds

Leucobryum cushions in humid Oak woodland

Leucobryum cushions in humid Oak woodland

Leucobryum cushions in humid Oak woodland

Mossy humid Oak woodland

Dense mounds of Leucobryum moss - a joy to see on our walk through humid Oak woodland today 💚

A magnificently illustrated guide to the bryophyte species found across the world

An unprecedented in-depth look at these exquisitely beautiful and often overlooked organisms.

Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts of the World publishes August 5. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @jowilbraham.bsky.social‬

Here's a little tour of the seaweed herbarium which is a major component of the diverse NHM algal collections. It's an awesome place to work!
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Curator, Algae :South Kensington

New job posting!! We are currently hiring for a new Curator in the Natural History Museum London's Cryptogamic Herbarium. This role will focus around the amazing algae collections ❤️

See link for further info:
jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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And so ends a magnificent week mossing around Frieberg and the Black Forest!

Huge thanks to Michael @milueth.bsky.social for leading our excursion and sharing some very special places and plants with us.

- BBS excursion to SW Germany @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Schistidium confusum, possibly

Schistidium confusum, possibly

Sweeping views from our lunch spot

Today we lunched amongst castle ruins home to four Schistidium species. A good chance to compare, contrast and be confused by this tricky genus.

- BBS excursion to SW Germany @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Ptychostomum (Bryum) schleicheri

Bryum weigelii

Flushes with marsh marigolds

The snowy peak!

Today, we bryologised atop Feldberg, Germany's highest (after the Alps..) mountain at 1400m. Many wonderful species, with Ptychostomum (Bryum) schleicheri and Bryum weigelii looking particularly sensational.
- BBS spring meeting in the Black Forest
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Fantastic to see SO MANY Grimmia species on our trip around SW Germany. These cushions are Grimmia montana. Apparently the female plants of this species (quite rare) typically form more rounded cushions than the flatter males...
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Bryum alpinum in a suitably alpine habitat today up near a ski resort - very nice

Spent a lovely morning on the Rhine pottering over river rocks with three species of Cinclidotus and riverside trees with many nice epiphytes such as this Dialytrichia mucronata
@bbsbryology.bsky.social BBS Spring Meeting SW Germany

Today we hiked into the Black Forest on a quest to find Mielichhoferia mielichhoferiana - an ellusive moss restricted to rocks laden with heavy metals @bbsbryology.bsky.social Spring Meeting SW Germany

First day of the BBS meeting in the Schwarzwald region of southern Germany - moss highlight for me was luxorious Rhytidium rugosum in the chalk grassland
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Beautiful encounter with Pasqueflower - Pulsatilla vulgaris - in the Schwarzwald region of southern Germany

I hope you will like it Jo! Can't wait to see it in hard copy. We've been able to include some really super images from very talented bryophyte photographers

Visited a Sphagnum bog this week - there to look at the bryophytes but also fun to check in on the desmid algae situation! These tiny green jewels were hiding in submerged Sphagnum cuspidatum

Seligeria calycina - teeny moss with some capsules

A white chalk pebble from the path

I was introduced to a tiny moss (new to me) at the weekend on our BBS London group walk over chalk grassland. Seligeria calycina grows directly on the chalk, visible from afar only as small dark brown patches around the edge of pebbles.

Porella platyphylla - a lovely big leafy liverwort, always a nice one to find. We spotted this one on the London BBS local group outing today. Sunshine and liverworts - top day!

It looks to be a great trip but I'm going to Frieberg next month instead! So much moss, so little time...

Thanks Astrid, it was such a fun project to work on

I'm thrilled to share news of my new book - Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of the World - which is now available for pre-order at some book shops and will hit the streets in August.

Published by Princeton University Press:
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Thamnobryum alopecurum reaching lofty heights in South London woodland. Usually a moss of the forest floor, don't think I've seen this as an epiphyte before!

Fucus vesciculosus bladder heart ❤️

Dicranum scoparium mossy heart cushion

💚 Happy Valentine's Day 💚

Lophocolea heterophylla, perhaps the commonest leafy liverwort in Britain, looking lovely with capsules elongated on translucent seta. Happened upon on a rotting log on South London woodland.

#MossMonday sensu lato!

Tiny tuft of Zygodon moss with green capsules growing on tree trunk

Zygdon conoideus in South London woodland this weekend #MossMonday

Had a lovely time with Leucobryum in the forest earlier today