After a half-year break for health reasons, I'm thrilled to be back in the world of botany at the XXIV International Symposium of Cryptogamic Botany in Pontevedra, surrounded by such a vibrant and inspiring group of colleagues and friends. Cryptogamic botany is livelier than ever!

Green life in a drop of water (and a one-eyed, minute intruder). I just love how diverse green algae are shape-wise... and the rotifer is the cutest 💚

Liverworts love growing intermingled, and this pic is the proof of it! We can see up to three different species sharing a tiny bit of soil. Can you find them? Fantastic day hiking in Sierra Nevada 🌿

Next to this beautiful waterfall, in Galicia, I met Dumortiera hirsuta for the first time. Two years later, it became the subject of my master's thesis. How many secrets it hid! Thanks to SEB for awakening the dormant bryologist in me! 💚

Last week I saw Plagiochila porelloides for the first time in Madrid. Of course, it won't be the last time we see each other over these four years.

La semana pasada me topé con P. porelloides por primera vez en Madrid. Desde luego, no será la última vez que nos veamos en estos cuatro años.