...is not meant to be a blog, but a gallery of mosses and liverworts. The pictures are meant to be helpful for species identification both in the field and under the microscope.
Most photos (including all micro-photos) result from my work within the project Biomonitoring with forest springs at the University of Bayreuth, Department of Biogeography, in 2006/07. Bryophytes in forest springs of the two lower mountain regions Fichtelgebirge and Frankenwald (Bavaria, Southern Germany) were studied. All these photos are not specifically labeled.
Further pictures I took in a raised bog in south Sweden in 2008, on the arctic island Jan Mayen in 2010 (see Re-Sample project at the University of Bergen, Department of Biology , EECRG), as well as around Bergen (Hordaland, Norway) and in northern Norway (Troms).
Several photos were taken in different habitats around Pitlochry/Enochdhu (Scotland) during a field course of the FSC/BBS at the Kindrogan Field Center in 2010 (many thanks to the tutor Dr. Martha Newton for a fantastic course!).
The taxonomy follows Frahm & Frey's Moosflora (2004) for bryophytes in the forest springs in Germany, and Smith 2004 (The moss flora of Britain) and Damsholt 2002 (Illustrated flora of Nordic liverworts and hornworts) for all the others.
Please feel free to contact me if any queries, suggestions, or if you are interested in pictures of higher resolution.
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Last updated: June 12, 2013
Recent upload: Tomentypnum nitens
Atrichum undulatum
MOSS
Family: Polytrichaceae
Order: Polytrichales
In Bergen, Norway
Habitus
Family: Polytrichaceae
Order: Polytrichales
In Bergen, NorwayHabitus
Branch leaf (40x)
Bordered margin of branch leaf and lamina cells (400x)
Teeth on lamina cells on lower leaf surface (100x)
Leaf margin with double-teeth (400x)
Lower leaf side with dentate costa (100x)
Bartramia pomiformis
Eplekulemose (norw.)
Common apple-moss (engl.)
Order: Bryales
Family: Bartramiaceae
On rock; Scotland
Bazzania trilobata
LIVERWORT
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Lepidoziaceae
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Lepidoziaceae
Habitus
Branch (dorsal view) with root like branchlet coming out from ventral side
Branch (ventral view)
Brachythecium rivulare
MOSS
Order: Hypnales
Family: Brachytheciaceae
Order: Hypnales
Family: Brachytheciaceae
Branch leaf (40x)
Alar cells of branch leaf (400x)
Stem leaf with alar cells (40x)
Calypogeia muelleriana
LIVERWORT
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Calypogeiaceae
Order: Jungermanniales
Family: Calypogeiaceae
Habitus
Flank
Lamina cells (400x)
Stem with underleaves (40x)
Underleaf (100x)
Habitus
Leaf (40x)Climacium dendroides
Tree Moss (engl.)
Palmemose (norw.)
Bäumchenartiges Palmenmoos (german)
MOSS
Palmemose (norw.)
Bäumchenartiges Palmenmoos (german)
MOSS
Order: Hypnales
Family: Climaciaceae
Dicranum scoparium
MOSS
Order: Dicranales
Family: Dicranaceae
Order: Dicranales
Family: Dicranaceae
Habitus, together with 
Dotted lamina cells (400x)
Cross section of branch leaf (40x)
Assimilation lamells in cross section (100x)
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