tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572836115424987671.post8998384182567923469..comments2023-09-27T16:38:49.018+01:00Comments on South Wales Bryophytes: Topping up ST18BBarry Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12080358305675651314noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572836115424987671.post-76629380106472660102015-01-13T22:18:47.407+00:002015-01-13T22:18:47.407+00:00Very well spotted re the purple rhizoids - I'v...Very well spotted re the purple rhizoids - I've checked these more carefully tonight and they are distinctly purple (and papillose), so I guess it must be ruderale (rather than violaceum). It was probably on compacted soil (by a footpath) next to the limestone rather than growing directly on the rock.GMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08759152282751126808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1572836115424987671.post-56404246325345380072015-01-13T19:18:11.308+00:002015-01-13T19:18:11.308+00:00Good work! I wish there was some way of highlight...Good work! I wish there was some way of highlighting well-recorded tetrads that lack (eg) grots or epiphytes. When bashing Pembs I had a sheet of 6 common but ecologically disparate species that indicated those gaps (Cryphaea, T muralis, Diplophyllum, Kindbergia, Bryum argenteum and something else).<br /><br />The Bryum is probably right, but the rhizoids look purple so it might be B ruderale.sambbryohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371859974181157877noreply@blogger.com