One that will make some scratch their heads.

[fredg]

A short video of one of my current interests, Liverworts. I shot this today on the river Meden in Pleasley Vale. My excuse for posting here is - They grow on rocks  . I identified three species in a very short distance.

[David Nicholson]

Nice video Fred and lovely surroundings. Don't think it will catch on as a hobby though

[fredg]

Oh I think you could already be very wrong there David. There's already a lot of people out there looking at Bryophytes.

[Matt T]

We've hosted two bryophyte workshops here at our home in the last 6 months. 

[Maggi Young]

You see, David - this is why I never take your advice on the Lottery numbers...... you never have your finger on the lentil pulse 

[David Nicholson]

  Blimey, takes all sorts

[Roma]

Fruiting bodies of liverwort - Pellia epiphylla -3 pics which grows in boggy areas of my ponies' field
and a couple of mossy pics

[fredg]

Nice one Roma 

[fredg]

OK who's supplying the candles for that  birthday cake?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1319904/Fossils-worlds-oldest-plants-unearthed-Argentina.html

[mark smyth]

what camera were you using?

[fredg]

If you mean for the videos Mark. its a little Canon Legria HF R406. It's inexpensive so if I drop it into a river it's not really a disaster. The optics are good and it's lightweight, it fits nicely in a  pocket when I'm scrambling about. I have 3 batteries and 2 x 64Gb cards plus a few smaller ones so I can effectively take videos for hours.

[Hoy]

I am actually planting moss in my garden but I dislike liverworts in the seedpots!

I have not tried these though:

What may be Bryum cryophilum:




and Sphagnum capillifolium:

[fredg]

I also have been releasing mosses into the garden. I had several trays growing for a year. Hopefully a proportion will survive the attentions of the cats.The ferns I've dotted around this small area will hopefully help. The Bryum I'm not familiar with, I don't think it's a UK native. The Sphagnum I may already have within my Darlingtonia trays. I have quite a few Sphagnum species in there.

I have to agree with you on the liverworts in seed pots Hoy. They look much better when given their own pots (trays). I have kept the samples I have had to lift  for identification (it's a bit awkward if you have to hang upside down over a river and wield an eyepiece.) and potted them up at home. They grow very well on just plain sphagnum peat and also look amazingly healthy. The growth rate when given optimum conditions is also something of a surprise to me. So far I've only located thalloid liverworts, I'm not in the best part of the country for finding leafy ones, they're much more abundant in the west ('cross t' Pennines) and north (ower the border in Scotland).

[Hoy]

The picture of the Bryum is taken in Svalbard!

Here are two others, Splachnum vasculosum (also from Svalbard)





and Asterella gracilis from my summerhouse.

[fredg]

Behave, you have me drooling