Sea Bryum (Warne's Thread-moss) at Whiteford

An old dehised capsule of Bryum warneum amongst fresh ripening capsules of Didymodon tophaceus capsules at Whiteford on 26th November. 10+ fruiting plants (all old and dehised) were noted at SS4340894279 (an additional centisquare to those identified by David Holyoak - checked under microscope). The main direct associates were Pel.end., Dre.adu., Poh.wah., Ana.ten., Ane.pin., Cra.fil., Cam.ste., Sam.val., Did.top. & Bry.pse.

Whiteford Bryum search

Nick Edwards kindly invited me down to me meet David Holyoak last Wednesday, who was carrying out a series of dune slack bryophyte surveys in Wales. It was good to spend a little time with the very affable Mr Holyoak before letting him get on with things, but not before he had shown us Bryum marratii and putative B. warneum in the 'new' slack. Very much looking forward to seeing David's final report.

David at the first putative Bryum warneum location

A patch of B. marratii at Whiteford from April 2012 (first found by Sam)
The material seen last week was fresher and greener, the spreading,
blunt-tipped leaves being very good characters to look for.