Matt Stribley
@mattstrib.bsky.social
Enjoy bryophytes, botany, nature, art and life. Be kind and considerate. Sometimes on my Brompton.
Ravens having a little chat on Truro Cathedral.
May 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Ravens having a little chat on Truro Cathedral.
Spring Squill, Scilla verna on sea cliff in Cornwall. #Wildflowerhour
April 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Spring Squill, Scilla verna on sea cliff in Cornwall. #Wildflowerhour
It's delicious, have just cut it and shared with friends. Flowers from the garden make it colourful.
April 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It's delicious, have just cut it and shared with friends. Flowers from the garden make it colourful.
I decided to decorate my simnel cake in a cheery, colourful way this year. A few flowers from the garden make all the difference.
April 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I decided to decorate my simnel cake in a cheery, colourful way this year. A few flowers from the garden make all the difference.
Here is a young plant of Wild Celery
(Apium graveolens) growing on the path edge, River side walk, #Truro. A reventment with more plants is on the opposite side of the footpath. Tidal Truro River beside Tesco carpark.
(Apium graveolens) growing on the path edge, River side walk, #Truro. A reventment with more plants is on the opposite side of the footpath. Tidal Truro River beside Tesco carpark.
April 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Here is a young plant of Wild Celery
(Apium graveolens) growing on the path edge, River side walk, #Truro. A reventment with more plants is on the opposite side of the footpath. Tidal Truro River beside Tesco carpark.
(Apium graveolens) growing on the path edge, River side walk, #Truro. A reventment with more plants is on the opposite side of the footpath. Tidal Truro River beside Tesco carpark.
A symmetrical pattern, well almost; with Clustered feather-moss (Rhynchostegium confertum) and Winter heliotrope (Petasites fragrant). Wall top, Truro.
April 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A symmetrical pattern, well almost; with Clustered feather-moss (Rhynchostegium confertum) and Winter heliotrope (Petasites fragrant). Wall top, Truro.
Wild daffodils in a Cornish hedge and an unusal pinkish coloured Barren Strawberry in woodland, Liskeard, from yesterday's roam. #wildflowerhour
March 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Wild daffodils in a Cornish hedge and an unusal pinkish coloured Barren Strawberry in woodland, Liskeard, from yesterday's roam. #wildflowerhour
Illuminous moss, Schistostega pennata Goblin gold in the Cornish hedges near Liskeard today. Always nice to find. Difficult to photograph as tucked back in earth hollows. #bryophyte #moss
March 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Illuminous moss, Schistostega pennata Goblin gold in the Cornish hedges near Liskeard today. Always nice to find. Difficult to photograph as tucked back in earth hollows. #bryophyte #moss
Light green patch of the liverwort Lophocolea bispinosa (Great Crestwort) on lawn/path edge in municipal gardens. The area is regularly sprayed with Roundup. Accompanied by Phaeoceros laevis (Smooth Hornwort) and Crescent-cup Liverwort. #bryophyte #liverwort
March 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Light green patch of the liverwort Lophocolea bispinosa (Great Crestwort) on lawn/path edge in municipal gardens. The area is regularly sprayed with Roundup. Accompanied by Phaeoceros laevis (Smooth Hornwort) and Crescent-cup Liverwort. #bryophyte #liverwort
I visited a site near me where both Ditrichum subulatum Awl-leaved Ditrichum and Cephaloziella Turner Turner’s Threadwort grow. On the a soil bank at edge of Calenick Creek, Truro. Just about the high water mark. Very small plants, don’t show well in these phone pictures. Both had sporophytes.
February 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I visited a site near me where both Ditrichum subulatum Awl-leaved Ditrichum and Cephaloziella Turner Turner’s Threadwort grow. On the a soil bank at edge of Calenick Creek, Truro. Just about the high water mark. Very small plants, don’t show well in these phone pictures. Both had sporophytes.
These Lesser Celandine plants gave me a moment of joy today.
February 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
These Lesser Celandine plants gave me a moment of joy today.
Found some good plants of Micheli's Ballonwort, Sphaerocarpos Michelii, on the Camel Trail near Padstow today. Lovely little things. Checked the sported under the microspe to confirm the ID. Also some Blue Crystalwort growing with it, Riccia crystalline. #bryopbyte #liverwort
February 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Found some good plants of Micheli's Ballonwort, Sphaerocarpos Michelii, on the Camel Trail near Padstow today. Lovely little things. Checked the sported under the microspe to confirm the ID. Also some Blue Crystalwort growing with it, Riccia crystalline. #bryopbyte #liverwort
Some nice Crescent-cup liverwort, Lunularia cruciata, for today. Fertile male plants.
February 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Some nice Crescent-cup liverwort, Lunularia cruciata, for today. Fertile male plants.
Nice to see a few cushions of the moss Amphidium mougeotii on a wet rockface. Old tramway, Portreath, Cornwall. #iseemoss #moss #bryophyte
January 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Nice to see a few cushions of the moss Amphidium mougeotii on a wet rockface. Old tramway, Portreath, Cornwall. #iseemoss #moss #bryophyte
Some nice Atrichum undulatum, Common Smooth cap moss on my walk along the lanes near me today.
#Truro #moss #bryopbyte #iseemoss
#Truro #moss #bryopbyte #iseemoss
January 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Some nice Atrichum undulatum, Common Smooth cap moss on my walk along the lanes near me today.
#Truro #moss #bryopbyte #iseemoss
#Truro #moss #bryopbyte #iseemoss
Thick-set Earwort, Scapania compacta on the cliffs near St Agnes Head Cornwall. Very wind up there today.
January 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Thick-set Earwort, Scapania compacta on the cliffs near St Agnes Head Cornwall. Very wind up there today.
Just spent a lovely lunchtime with Jean Paton and friends, celebrating Jean's 96th BIRTHDAY. Jean is the author of The Liverwort Flora of the British Isles and its supplement. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Pa...
January 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Just spent a lovely lunchtime with Jean Paton and friends, celebrating Jean's 96th BIRTHDAY. Jean is the author of The Liverwort Flora of the British Isles and its supplement. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Pa...
A nice cushion of Anomalous Bristle-moss on wall top. #moss #bryophyte
December 24, 2024 at 4:55 PM
A nice cushion of Anomalous Bristle-moss on wall top. #moss #bryophyte
Cold walk along the Truro River this morning, no frost or snow though. Lovely mosses on the edge of the river reventment. Carpets of Tufted Feather-moss, Scleropodium caespitans.
November 22, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Cold walk along the Truro River this morning, no frost or snow though. Lovely mosses on the edge of the river reventment. Carpets of Tufted Feather-moss, Scleropodium caespitans.
Truro railway station. Rails illuminated in the evening light.
November 13, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Truro railway station. Rails illuminated in the evening light.
Lovely Polypody fern and Slender Mouse-tail Moss on an old beech tree.
November 12, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Lovely Polypody fern and Slender Mouse-tail Moss on an old beech tree.
A restful morning cycle, old railway now walking/cycle path.
November 10, 2024 at 11:29 AM
A restful morning cycle, old railway now walking/cycle path.
Just love the unplanned roof garden, Treliske Hospital, Cornwall. Cordyline and Polypody ferns.
August 20, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Just love the unplanned roof garden, Treliske Hospital, Cornwall. Cordyline and Polypody ferns.