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I finally fulfilled my ambition to visit the famous Saihōji Moss Temple in Kyoto. The mosses were looking their best in the pouring rain. For once I had to resist studying them, and simply submit to their beauty.
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I finally fulfilled my ambition to visit the famous Saihōji Moss Temple in Kyoto. The mosses were looking their best in the pouring rain. For once I had to resist studying them, and simply submit to their beauty.
BBS members getting stuck in to the marl pits at the joint Wessex/Southern Group meeting to Marlborough Deeps in the New Forest. Highlights include the uncommon calcicole of wet places Kandaea elodes.
October 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
BBS members getting stuck in to the marl pits at the joint Wessex/Southern Group meeting to Marlborough Deeps in the New Forest. Highlights include the uncommon calcicole of wet places Kandaea elodes.
Well that's a coincidence. I was in the New Forest on 13/10 and spotted this. Didn't see you there though 🤔😂
October 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Well that's a coincidence. I was in the New Forest on 13/10 and spotted this. Didn't see you there though 🤔😂
Yes I do. Not very often, but usually when they occur there are multiple infections on the same plant. Here's one stained with lactofuchsin
September 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Yes I do. Not very often, but usually when they occur there are multiple infections on the same plant. Here's one stained with lactofuchsin
Reposting this from X. Sounds very intriguing but I don't think it's going to catch on enough to be a conservation issue!
September 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Reposting this from X. Sounds very intriguing but I don't think it's going to catch on enough to be a conservation issue!
My son sent this picture of a sign at the Temple of Saiho-ji in Kyoto. Makes a nice change from "Keep off the Grass".
April 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My son sent this picture of a sign at the Temple of Saiho-ji in Kyoto. Makes a nice change from "Keep off the Grass".
BBS Southern Group meeting to Danebury Hill, N Hants today. Dry and cold but good to find the uncommon Campylopyllopsis calcarea on the roots of old beech trees.
April 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
BBS Southern Group meeting to Danebury Hill, N Hants today. Dry and cold but good to find the uncommon Campylopyllopsis calcarea on the roots of old beech trees.
Orthotrichum cupulatum, beside the river Wharfe today, basking in the Yorkshire spring sunshine. This particular form used to be known as var. riparium.
March 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Orthotrichum cupulatum, beside the river Wharfe today, basking in the Yorkshire spring sunshine. This particular form used to be known as var. riparium.
After a rather dull morning on an acid millstone grit on the BBS Spring Meeting we decided to have a look along the R.Wharfe. Andrew found a large patch of Bryum gemmiferum, with abundand tiny gemmae.
March 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
After a rather dull morning on an acid millstone grit on the BBS Spring Meeting we decided to have a look along the R.Wharfe. Andrew found a large patch of Bryum gemmiferum, with abundand tiny gemmae.
Jeff Scott found this ball of Orthotrichum pulchellum on the BBS meeting. Just like a pincushion!
March 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Jeff Scott found this ball of Orthotrichum pulchellum on the BBS meeting. Just like a pincushion!
Second day of BBS Spring Field Meeting. Spring Wood, Kettlewell, was a rich site with some lovely plants including the limestone crevice specialists Pedinophyllum interruptum, Orthothecium intricatum, and Mnium marginatum.
March 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Second day of BBS Spring Field Meeting. Spring Wood, Kettlewell, was a rich site with some lovely plants including the limestone crevice specialists Pedinophyllum interruptum, Orthothecium intricatum, and Mnium marginatum.
Splendid first day in Wharfedale for the BBS Spring Meeting. Lots of interesting plants at Conistone including Grimmia dissimulata, Serpoleskea confervoides and Rhytidium rugosum. A varied site that included limestone pavement and a sheltered wooded valley provided plenty of excellent habitat,
March 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Splendid first day in Wharfedale for the BBS Spring Meeting. Lots of interesting plants at Conistone including Grimmia dissimulata, Serpoleskea confervoides and Rhytidium rugosum. A varied site that included limestone pavement and a sheltered wooded valley provided plenty of excellent habitat,
Some blue sky in this image of Wharfedale, Yorkshire, announces our move to this platform. The BBS will be having its annual Spring Field Meeting there, starting on Saturday, in this beautiful limestone countryside. It's been getting rather lonely on X/Twitter......
March 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Some blue sky in this image of Wharfedale, Yorkshire, announces our move to this platform. The BBS will be having its annual Spring Field Meeting there, starting on Saturday, in this beautiful limestone countryside. It's been getting rather lonely on X/Twitter......