Bryophyte Evolutionary Genetics
A collection stuff on bryophytes, evolution, and genetics
2024 has been a great year for the common liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) in Edinburgh. It is almost everywhere you look. I started collecting M. polymorpha in 2021. During the subsequent years, I realised that the species was harder to find during the summer months. This year, at the beginning of September, it is abundant in … Continue reading A Marchantia year – Urban liverworts in Edinburgh
Using ceramic pots was a cute way of cultivating bryophytes and may be a good way of making bryo gifts, but I found that the pots' high rims make manipulations cumbersome. Because the rims are not transparent, they also cut out light, which bryophytes might otherwise use to grow, and they can cause shading under … Continue reading A better cultivation method
Never go shopping hungry, my partner tends to say! Last time we went shopping hungry, we came back with heaps of delicious things including two little ceramic pots filled with a salted caramel dessert. The dessert was great and the pots are, too. With my recently started hobby of bryo cultivation, I did not have … Continue reading Two thalloids in pots – The Common and the Crescent-cup Liverwort
Bryophyte Evolutionary Genetics 