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Table of Contents Editor’s Note: One wish during the season p. 2

Thank you Jim Shevock for your service; Welcome Matt von Konrat p. 2

Going Digital...BT becomes searchable p. 2

Bryology at International Botanical Congress XVIII p. 3

Follow IAB and The Bryological Times on Twitter p. 4

Book Review: Topical Montane Cloud Forest p. 5, 27

Hugo Sjors in memoriam p. 6, 19

Obituary: Zang Mu p. 7

Meetings All Over the World: Summer 2012 p. 7

Computers and Bryophytes p.7

Tools, Tips, and Techniques p. 8

Nowellia Bryologica International Bryological Meeting p. 9-11

Correction, Bryophytes and Scientific Illustrations at the IBC 2011 p. 12

The National Symposium of the Bryological Society of China (BSC) p. 14-15

Czech Republic section of CBS p. 15

Bryological Theses 26 p. 17 IAB Bryophytes on Postage Stamps p. 18

Malesian Bryophyte Celebration at SEAMEO-BIOTROP p. 20-22, 29

Renovation of the Cryptogamic herbarium in Geneva p. 23

News from the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva p. 24-26

Monster feet? p. 27

Subscribing to Bryonet-l p. 29

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Editor’s Note: One wish during the season By DorothyBelle Poli Happy Winter to the response is simply greatest (and even mi- all of The Bryological that I did not have nor) announcements, Times subscribers. I enough to report. For meetings, and forays. SPECIAL POINTS OF do hope that this sea- those contributors This community is INTEREST: son is bringing joy who contact me regu- made up of all of you  Book reviews and peace to you and larly, Thank You! and the BT needs you your loved ones. Therefore, I want to to let us know what is  Websites that keep us up- to-date are announced Several people make a plea that asks occurring. have asked me why for all bryological so- Please enjoy this  Workshops and meetings cieties, PIs, and even this issue of the BT delayed but now full  Tips, Tools, and Tech- has been delayed, and graduate students to issue. niques send in their latest and Thank you Jim Shevock for your service; Welcome Matt von Konrat We wish to announce that Matt von Konrat has been appointed, by the President and the Executive Committee, as the new treasurer of IAB. Matt replaces James Shevock who recently stood down from the position. We wish to take this opportunity to thank James for his outstanding contribu- tions and efforts as treasurer over the last couple of years. New contact de- tails for the treasurer are: Matt von Konrat, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605, U.S.A. Phone: (312) 665- 7864 Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Going Digital...BT becomes searchable

Matt vonKonrat and Kevin Havener, both from the Field Muesum, have worked many hours going through the historical documents of IAB and The Bryological Times to digitize the collections. IAB is currently in the process of getting their work up onto the IAB website so that all of the documents will be able to be searched from the Google search engine. Years 1980- 1989 are their recent accomplishment. Needless to say, we are thankful to have such dedication to our society!

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Bryology at International Botanical Congress XVIII, 2011,

Melbourne, Australia by Brent Mishler

Bryology made quite a splash at IBC 2011, where the International Association of Bryol- ogists (IAB) met concurrently, with five symposia devoted entirely to these most interesting of all plants, and a number of additional talks presented in other symposia. Approximately 90 bry- ologists attended from every part of the world. I heard many comments from non-bryologists impressed with how organized, enthusiastic, and scientifically advanced the bryology part of the Congress was. The five official IAB symposia were: 158 "Ecology, environment, and conserva- tion of bryophytes," organized by Lars Söderström; 155 "Liverwort phylogeny and evolution: a window into early land plant diversification," organized by Jon Shaw; 087 "Hornworts: evolu- tion, biology, and biodiversity," organized by Chris Cargill and Jeff Duckett; 122 "The bryo- phyte tree of life (BryoToL): towards a bryophyte phylogeny group (BPG)," organized by Di- etmar Quandt; and 098 "Fine-scale phylogenetics and biogeography in mosses," organized by Brent Mishler. There were talks in other symposia on such topics as: Marchantia genomics and development, fungal symbioses, paleoecology, arctic moss ecology, and proteomics in Physcomitrella, as well as many interesting posters (both hard copy and electronic). Titles and abstracts of the talks and posters can be seen at: http://www.ibc2011.com/ (the symposium num- bers given above makes them easier to find). No official bryophyte field trips were held, but several informal trips were taken, led by local bryologists, to get out and see the rich bryophyte flora of south Victoria. A special sight to see for many of us foreigners was the giant Dawsonia superba -- "this is a moss," as Crocodile Dundee would say! The social program was equally outstanding, thanks to an energetic local organizing com- mittee consisting of Paddy Dalton, Chris Cargill, Pina Milne, Niels Klazenga, Helen Jolley, and Allan Fife. Early in the meeting there was a fine Meet & Greet mixer at the National Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, highlighted by an excellent selection of cheeses and wines accompanied by an automated Powerpoint presentation of photographs from past IAB meetings, some from long ago that showed certain members of the audience in much younger days! Near the end of the meeting was an elegant IAB banquet at University House, University of Melbourne, with fine wine and food followed by mercifully short yet interesting and funny speeches by IAB President Jeff Duckett and local organizing committee chair Paddy Dalton. Groups of bryologists could be found at restaurants around town each evening (and in pubs also, rumor has it...). Good fun was had by all: old friends were reconnected, new friends were made, and foun- dations laid for many stimulating future collaborations. Thanks much to our Australian hosts, and to all the bryologists who traveled far to attend.

Brent D. Mishler, University and Jepson Herbaria, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2465, U.S.A. [email protected] [June-December 2011: Visiting Scientist, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Canberra, Australia]

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Follow IAB and The Bryological Times on Twitter By DorothyBelle Poli

Recently the world has been exploding in ways to digitally stay in touch with the latest news and happenings. Many people have heard of Twitter, but several are still unfamiliar with it. Therefore, we will do our best to explain this media type, especially because IAB is going to try to use it!

Twitter is an online social media and microblog that was started in 2006; it is similar to Facebook except Twitter messages (tweets) only go one way and are not always from people you personally know or would consider friends. Currently, over 300 million users (followers) are on Twitter - it is made up of people, organizations, celebrities, etc that you follow or who are following you. For example, groups like NSF and TIME have Twitter accounts to help relay articles and important deadlines.

Tweets are at most 140 characters long and can be announcements, quotes, links to websites, and even pictures and video from the Twitter account holder. If you particularly like a tweet’s mes- sage, there is no “like” button or a share feature as in Facebook, but you can re-tweet it (shown as RT in a tweet!) to your own followers.

IAB has decided to take a chance on this “new” way of communicating to possibly increase IAB’s exposure and membership. We will use Twitter to tweet deadlines for The Bryological Times, any grants we learn about, and anything else bryological that crosses our path. This media will NOT replace bryonet or The Bryological Times, so don’t worry about that. But Twitter is a way to keep up with up-to-the-moment news, make announcements, and to increase a sense of community among a population.

To request to follow IAB and The Bryological Times on Twitter, find us at @TheBryoTimes. Our mission is to help connect the bryological world and therefore @TheBryoTimes will follow you too. We will re-tweet (RT) news as it pertains to bryophytes.

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Book Review: Tropical Montane Cloud Forests by Johannes Enroth

L. A. Bruijnzeel, F. N. Scatena & This truly international joint- tropical laurel forests of Tenerife L. S. Hamilton (Eds.): Tropical effort of no less than 173 con- (and similar ones in Japan), Bhu- Montane Cloud Forests: Science tributors is an astounding vol- tan, and the Albertine Rift in East for Conservation and Manage- ume condensing a vast amount Africa. There is also an article of ment. 740 pp., illustrated. Hard- of information of these forests. the lowland tropical cloud forests back, ISBN 978-0-521-76035-5. As Maarten Kappelle states in (“a neglected forest type”) and International Hydrology Series, the Foreword, it is indeed a some articles focus on certain Cambridge University Press 2010. holistic approach to the topic. species or higher taxa. Advertised price £ 65, web page The book contains a total of 72 www.cambridge.org/97805217603 articles, which are divided into The hydrological patterns and 55. seven main parts entitled (I) general water dynamics – central General perspectives, (II) Re- themes in this context – are of gional floristic and animal di- Probably well known among The course treated in several articles, versity, (III) Hydrometeorology Bryological Times readers, tropical as are the nutrient cycling and of tropical montane cloud for- montane rain forests represent one water chemistry. Especially inter- est, (IV) Nutrient dynamics in of the most exuberant and species- esting for us bryologists should tropical montane cloud forests, rich terrestrial habitats and ecosys- be articles such as “Water dy- (V) Cloud forest water use, tems. As such they are also highly namics of epiphytic vegetation in photosynthesis, and effects of vulnerable especially due to human a lower montane cloud forest: fog forest conversion, (VI) Effects impact, invasive species and cli- interception, storage, and evapo- of climate variability and cli- mate change etc. As we learn from ration” and “Epiphyte biomass in mate change, and (VII) Cloud this book the estimated global area Costa Rican old-growth and sec- forest conservation, restoration, of tropical cloud forests is 215,000 ondary montane rain forests and and management issues. km2, approximately half the area of its hydrological significance”. I California and just 1.4 % of all found it also highly interesting – tropical forest and approximately The first part deals with topics and alarming – to read about the 0.14 % of the Earth’s land surface. such as the methods for moni- hydrological consequences of Although they have been fairly toring the distribution of cloud climate change (which are partly intensively and systematically forests and its loss; conserva- very surprising and even counter- studied, especially from 1993 on- tion status of the forests; cloud intuitive) and those of disturbing wards, knowledge of many of their forest climate; ecology and (felling) or conversing the forests physical and biological aspects is ecophysiology of epiphytes; to pasture; the book contains case still seriously insufficient – it is global and local variation in the studies from Mt. Kilimanjaro and still “decision time” for our pre- soils; nutrient cycling; and the Costa Rica and a more general cious tropical cloud forests (see state of cloud forest restoration. article but with a particular refer- www.activeremedy.org.uk/pages/ The second part focuses on the ence to Colombia. files/other/Cloud_forests.pdf)! general biodiversity in Malay- sia, French Polynesia, Mount Continued on page 27 Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, sub-

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Hugo Sjörs in memoriam by Gillis Een August 1st 1915 to February 28th 2010

In the early spring of 1945 I was planning for a forest, which we cycled through every day. Forestry botanical holiday but had no money. I wrote to was a very different type of business at that time. A Gunnar Wistrand and asked him if he needed a man and his horse in wintertime fell the timber and field assistant the coming summer. He replied in dragged it to the nearest river in which it was float- April that year and said that he had no need for ed down to the saw mills at the river mouth at the my help but recommended me to write to Profes- Baltic Sea. Another difference from present time is sor G. Einar du Rietz at Växtbio in Uppsala, that this part of Sweden then was full of small farms which I did, and asked him if he knew somebody with a few cows, sheep and goats, which were graz- who could give me an outdoor job ing in the rather open forest in summertime. against travel costs plus food and lodg- One effect of that was e.g. an abundance of ing. I received a positive reply from Hu- mosses belonging to the family Splachnaceae. go Sjörs. Today the cow dung has been replaced by an In June that summer we met in abundance of droppings from elks (Moose) Skattlösberg in the province of Dalarna, and roebucks. the parish of Grangärde, where Hugo Hugo collected bryophytes but mainly in did fieldwork for his doctor’s thesis the form of ecological samples containing (Sjörs 1948). We worked every day on a more than one species. When I organized my mire complex called Skattlösberg Stor- own herbarium I followed his example. I mosse. My job was to assist in measuring the wa- stored the samples in a geographical order, supple- ter level, with a rather high degree of accuracy, in mented by a card index to find the species. order to find out in which direction the water was Hugo had a very broad knowledge of crypto- flowing. I also assisted in analysing the vegetation gams in general and especially bryophytes. As he in the mire and for that reason Hugo taught me to was a specialist in wetland plant societies he studied recognise some of the wetland bryophytes. That is the genus Sphagnum more deeply and he described how it all started. a new species, i.e. Sphagnum subfulvum (Sjörs Hugo also taught me which species of Carex 1945). you could trust without falling through, when Hugo taught me how to make a very special bry- walking over a carpet of them. The rumour says ological tool. It is constructed from a piece of rather that Hugo over the years developed webbed feet thick copper wire plus an ordinary cork. One end of from his wetland walking and wading, but I can- the wire is hammered flat and made emarginate. It not confirm that. is used for scraping off leaves from a Sphagnum Skattlösberg is a very special place for Swedes stem. of my generation. The poet Dan Andersson lived The next time we met in the field was in 1947 in there and wrote about people and places, often the newly established national park of Muddus in with Finnish names. In the seventeens century, Lule lappmark in the far north of Sweden. This when Finland was a province of Sweden, the gov- turned out to be a rather tough expedition. The maps ernment “imported” to this part of Sweden, people over the area were not very reliable and Hugo had skilled in “slice and burn” agriculture. The big arranged with the military airbase in Luleå that we forests had no other value at that time except as a would be flown over the area in order to orientate source of charcoal to feed the blast-furnaces for ourselves. Two light dive-bombers with place for the production of pig-iron. one passenger each were at our disposal. We were That summer I collected a number of bryo- given five minutes instructions about how to use the phytes, which Hugo determined in the field. I kept parachutes - and off we went. All would have been that little herbarium as a reference apart from my well if our pilots had not discovered a forest fire. other bryophytes. Some of them came from the One of them wrote a message about the fire on a Continued on page 19

P AGE 7 I SSUE 134 Obituary: Zang Mu

ZANG Mu, one of the its application in afforestation. N. Hiratsuka Award 2003 of the greatest well-known Chinese He established the cryptogamic Mycological Society of Japan. mycologists, born on Dec. 28th, herbarium of KIB, and was the Besides mycology and bryology, 1930 passed away on Nov. 10th curator of the herbarium for a he was also very interested in 2011 at age 81. long time. He was Vice Presi- Chinese calligraphy, paintings, ZANG Mu graduated from dent of the Mycological Society and collecting stamps. Soochow University, after gra- of China, and Vice Director of He contributed his full energy to duation, he worked at Nanjing the Key Laboratory of Mycology the development of mycology Normal University as a teacher and Lichenology of CAS. He and relative research fields in in 1954-1973, then moved to published several monographic China. We lost a great mycolo- Kunming in 1973. After 1973, works and more than 150 papers gist, and we express our grief he worked at Kunming Institute on fungi in China, with emphasis and mourning for the dead. on Basidiomycetes and Asco- of Botany (KIB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). As mycetes. He received the second a research fellow in both myco- -class Award in National Scien- Kunming Institute of Botany logy and bryology, his major tific and Technological Progress (KIB), Chinese Academy of interests focused on systematics, twice (1993, 1995), a second Sciences (CAS) ecology, and geography of fungi. class prize in China's State Natu- Nov. 10th 2011 He also studied mycorrhiza and ral Science Award (2003), and

Meetings All Over the World: Summer 2012 8th Conference of the European Committee for International Russian Bryological Conference will Conservation of Bryophtes will hold their meeting be held in Kirovsk, Murmansk Prov at the Polar Al- in Budapest (Hungary) April 18-21, 2012. Deadline pine Botanical Garden-Institute from June 24-30, for submissions is January 31, 2012. For more in- 2012. This conference will focus on “Bryophytes of formation or to register please visit http:// the Subarctic” and celebrate the 100 year anniversary eccb_bryo8.nhmus.hu of R. N. Shljakov. Email [email protected] for more information. MOSS 2012 and the 3rd International Symposi- um on Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes will 5th International Meeting on Biology of Sphag- host a joint meeting at the New York Botanical Gar- num will take place in North-Latvia and Estonia on den, Bronx NY USA from June 16-23, 2012. For August 10-19, 2012. To learn more please visit http:// more information please visit http:// natmuseum.ut.ee/Sphagnum2012. www.regonline.com/moss2012.

Computers and Bryophytes: Look Here

Efrain DeLuna has posted his fornia mosses. Descriptions, line Check out the IAB Blogspot at work on the Marchantia in Mex- drawings, and photos are available http:// ico at his blog. Check it out at: at https://www.csun.edu/~hcbio028 internationalassociationofbryolo- http:/ and to the moss specimens at http:// gists.blogspot.com/ briofitasdemexico.blogspot.com/ ucjeps.berkeley.edu/bryolab/

UC_bryoph Don’t forget about the Archive for

Mishler, Norris, and Shevock Bryology at www.archive-for- have begun a web flora of Cali- bryology.com.

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Tools, Tips, and Techniques: New Light source for the lab and field by David Wagner

Development of LED lamps has resulted in Although these lights may be expensive, they amazing products appearing on the market. I are not as expensive as a ring flash. The 250 have been most impressed with the intensity of lumen Cygolite I am experimenting with cost the new lights now marketed as headlamps for $130. Some of the models I’ve seen in cy- bicyclists. These are intended to be mounted on cling stores have up to a 400 lumen rating, but handlebars or the top of helmets. Not only do costa bout a dol- they alert oncoming traffic to the rider, they are lar per lumen. bright enough to serve as truly effective head- Eventually, as lights, as bright as those for automobiles. production vol- ume increases These lamps are compact (10cm long, 4 cm the costs should diameter) with a rechargeable battery that plugs come down. into either a wall receptacle or a computer’s USB port. The latter is very useful because it means it can recharge on a bench without look- ing for the wall outlet. Once charged, it can be Figure 2: Cygolite on a mount for moved from dissecting scope to compound practical work in the laboratory. scope easily because no wires tether it. The bat- tery are rated to have a five hour working time per charge, making the light useful for extended field work. The light can be directed on a colo- ny of bryophytes in a dark forest. Having a steady light source, an image can be composed in a way not possible with a flash.

Because the light is bright enough to be mounted Figure 3: Jungermannia atrovirens some distance androecia with transmitted light from the ob- ject, the light doesn’t cause Figure 1: Cygolite 10 cm the glare of fiber optic sources, yet is as cool as fiber optic sources. It is useful in adding reflected light to images made with com- pound microscope thanks to stacking software. Compare the two images of Jungermannia atro- virens androecia, one with transmitted light and the second supplemented by reflected light from a LED headlamp. Figure 4: Jungermannia atrovirens androecia with transmitted light and supplemented with reflected light from a LED headlamp.

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Correction from Issue 133

Anil Sharma contacted The Bryological Times and would like to add Yash Paul as second author to their article titled “ Stephensoniella brevipedunculata rediscovered” as published in issue 133 of The Bryological Times (June– July 2012). Therefore the authorship to that piece should be Anil Sharma, Yash Paul, and Anima Langer.

Bryophytes and scientific illustration at the IBC 2011 By Alison Downing The International Botanical Congress held in Mel- erythrocephala) and a marvellous Phallus multicolour by bourne in July was an ideal backdrop to a magnificent Kate Vlcek – so vibrant you could almost smell it. Bryo- exhibition of scientific illustrations, The Eternal Order phytes were also well represented. I was intrigued with the in Nature: The Science of Botanical Illustration. This variety of botanical artist Diane Emery’s three contribu- display, presented by the Friends of the Royal Botanic tions: two orchids, Chiloglottis x pescottiana and Calade- Gardens in Melbourne, was planned to showcase lead- nia tentaculata and a hornwort, Phaeoceros carolinianus. ing Australian botanical artists, both past and present. At In contrast, Niels Klazenga’s drawings of Campylopus a time when many universities and government organi- appressifolius displayed the diagnostic characteristics of sations are relinquishing positions for scientific illustra- leaves, including leaf shape, leaf cross sections and pat- tors, it seems that in Australia there has been a refresh- terns of cells within the leaves. Karen Beckman’s work ing revival of interest in this field from both professional differs too, in that she combines her artistic talents and her and amateur artists. In Sydney, for example, the Nation- botanical training, so that her Frullania clavata includes al Herbarium of New South Wales plays host each year both a coloured image of the whole plant in its natural hab- to the Margaret Flockton Award and the Friends of the itat and microscopic technical detail in pencil. I have left Royal Botanic Gardens host Botanica. Similarly, Mel- the best until last. Rod Seppelt’s four contributions, Syn- bourne has the biennial exhibition The Art of Botanical trichia anderssonii, Tayloria tasmanica, Stonea oleaginosa Illustration, and has also hosted Hidden in Plain View – and Calyptopogon mnioides are exquisite. I have no idea The Forgotten Flora and now The Eternal Order of Na- how Rod manages to combine drawings of the whole plant ture. together with detail of leaves, capsules, leaf cells and cross In this exhibition, I viewed with awe the ‘higher sections of stems, onto a single sheet in such a way that it plants’, Celia Rosser’s Banksia robur, Jenny Philips’ is scientifically accurate, to scale and also unbelievably Plectorrhiza tridentata, David Mackay’s Acacia in- beautiful. The detail in the Calyptopogon mnioides is ex- gramii, Gillian Scott’s Amyema quandong and a pletho- traordinary, particularly the incurved leaves of the dehy- ra of orchid genera. Lauren Black exhibited two lovely drated stem. One wonders how is it possible to draw works showcasing conifers, Dacrycarpus imbricatus Stonea oleaginosa when the plants are minute, –barely 1 and Phyllocladus aspleniifolius, both fossils and extant millimetre high? However, Rod’s smallest challenge has plants. Ferns, too, such as Laurie Andrews Blechnum been a minute Pottiaceous moss (Weisiopsis sp.) only 0.3 wattsii and Pteris umbrosa, slowed my progress through millimeters tall for Helen Jolley and Pina Milne for the the gallery. However it was with greatest delight that I Flora of Australia. Rod seems to thrive on such challenges! encountered illustrations of ‘lower plants’ – algae, li- I have long thought that botanical illustration competi- chens, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. In Australia, tions, such as the Margaret Flockton Award, are weighted bryologists have long learned their trade from George very much in favour of those illustrating vascular plants Scott and Ilma Stone’s The Mosses of Southern Austral- and against those illustrating bryophytes. Bryological work ia and George Scott’s Southern Australian Liverworts. can only be done under a microscope, an even more diffi- We have long been accustomed to beautiful work, as the cult and time consuming process than that for vascular former has exquisite illustrations by Celia Rosser, of plants. Perhaps it is time for the bryological community to The Banksias fame, the latter, featuring illustrations of consider funding an international bryological illustration many liverworts of extraordinary complexity, by Rod competition? And perhaps it is time to look for appropriate Seppelt and photographs by Bruce Fuhrer. galleries, perhaps within herbaria or museums, to serve as The contributions to the cryptogamic display in Mel- repositories for the exquisite work of both past and present bourne did not disappoint. There were lichens bryological illustrators. My thanks go to all the Eternal (Ramalina celastri and Ramalina glaucescens and Us- Order in Nature artists whose illustrations have given me nea), by Merle McIntyre and marine algae (Codium so much pleasure. fragile and Jania adherans) by Christine Rockley. Fungi were beautifully depicted by Katrina Syme (Dermocybe

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The National Symposium of the Bryological Society of China (BSC) in 2011

By Yue Sun, Ying Xue and Rui-Liang Zhu

The National Sympo- Yu-Huan Wu; sium of the Bryologi- “Computer simula- cal Society of China tion of distribution of (BSC) was held in epiphyllous liver- Urumqi, Xinjiang on worts in China” by August 23-25, 2011. Xiao-Ming Shao; The sponsors of the “Taxonomic and mo- workshop was the lecular phylogenetic Key Laboratory of study on Ptychan- Biogeography and thoideae Bioresource in Arid (Lejeuneaceae) in Land, Xinjiang Insti- China” by Jian tute of Ecology and Wang; “Auxin plays Geography, CAS. important roles in More than 60 partici- Physcomitrella re- pants from 23 univer- generation” by Yue sities and institutes in Sun; “Effects of envi- China attended the ronmental changes on symposium. viability and germination of bryophyte spores in a peatland” by Zhao-Jun The symposium re- Bu; “The physiological ceived 40 abstracts. and biochemical situa- A total of 26 partici- tion of Bryum argenteum pants were invited to Hedw. and Bidymodon present their re- vinealis (Brid.) Zander search findings. in gradually drought stress” by Xi Zhao. The symposium be- gan with “Introduction of his- In closing ceremony tory and prospect of Prof. Rui-Liang Zhu, the liverwort and horn- president of Bryological wort taxonomy” giv- Society of China (BSC) announced that six stu- en by Rui-Liang Drs. Tong Cao and Rui-Liang Zhu as well as six winners of the Zhu. Then Li Zhang intro- Best Postgraduate Presentation Award (Left to right: Tong Cao, dents merited receipt of the duced different reproduc- Yu-Mei Wei, Qin Zuo, Mei-Juan Zhang, Ai Ze Zi，Qiong He, Best Postgraduate Presenta- tion strategies of bryo- Zheng-Li Huang, Rui-Liang Zhu). tion Award. phytes. Following talks were “Various adaptation of bryophytes in different After the symposium two field trips to Kanasi Nature ecosystems” by Yuan-Xin Xiong and “On important Reserve and Tianshan Nature Reserve were orga- roles of historical specimens at the herbaria for bryo- nized. All participants would like to thank Dr. Yuan- logical researches” by Tong Cao. A series of research Ming Zhang and his group for nice organization of reports followed: “The drought resistant characters conferences and fieldtrips. and adaptation of moss Syntrichia caninervis Mitt. in biological soil crusts” by Yuan-Ming Zhang; “Taxonomic revision of Geocalycaceae of China” by Continued on page 15...see BSC 2011 Meeting

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Czech Republic – Bryological and Lichenological Section of the CBS

Czech bryologist and lichenologist work together in one-day excursions Bryological and Lichenological Section which runs determination courses for both beginners and ad- under Czech Botanical Society. Czech Botanical So- vanced ciety (CBS) is the only national organization that joins citizens with botanical interests in broadest sense (floristics, systematics, vegetation botany, plant Our website: ecology, plant protection etc.). http://botanika.bf.jcu.cz/bls/index.html (in Czech) Bryological and Lichenological Section of the CBS http://botanika.bf.jcu.cz/bls/english/index.html joins professionals and amateurs with particular inter- (English version) est in bryophytes and/or lichens. It offers help to non- professionals and supports their professional growth. Aim of the section is promoting knowledge about the Contact: global development in bryology and lichenology, Ivana Marková – National Park Bohemian Switzer- new trends, literature, professional meetings etc. land Administrations, Pražská 52, 407 46 Krásná Lípa, Within the Czech Republic, the B-L Section strives Czech Republic, e-mail: i.markova (at) npcs (dot) cz; to boost both disciplines, co-ordinate research and Chairperson of the B-L Section international co-operation. In order to realize its goals, it organizes various excursions, determination courses, lectures, meetings etc. The linking matter for Eva Mikulášková – Department of Botany and Zoolo- the section members and the information source is gy, Kotlářská 2, CZ-611 37 Brno, Czech Republic, e- the bulletin BRYONORA, issued twice a year. mail: evamikul (at) gmail (dot) com; Vice-chairperson The Section currently joins some 100 members from of the B-L Section both the Czech Republic and abroad. Selected activities held by the B-L Section of the Recent event: CBS: 24th Autumn Meeting of the B-L Section, Krkonoše Bryological and Lichenological Days (non-formal (Giant Mountains), September 22-25, 2011, close the autumn meetings with excursions, lectures etc. town of Špindlerův mlýn (north part of the Czech Re- Spring Meetings (focused at the outdoor excursions) public).

Continued: BSC 2011 Meeting (from page 14)

The local bryologist Mamtimin Sulayman (left) and two postgradu- ates (Qiong He and Yu-Mei Wei) in Tianshan Nature Reserve, Xinjiang.

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Free IAB-membership for students

This is just a reminder that students can join the International Association of Bryologists (IAB) free for one year. Full information is on the website http://www.bryology.org/ under the “How to Join” button. The new treasurer is Matt von Konrat. Email him at [email protected]

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Bryological Theses 26 by Bill Buck

William R. Buck Institute of Systematic Botany New York Botanical Garden Bronx, NY 10458-5126, U.S.A. [email protected] Oyesiku, Olubukunola O. 1999. The ecophysiology and biology As reported in a previous issue of The Bryological Times (99: of mosses in Upper Ogun, a savanna area of Oyo State, Nigeria. 17. 1999), the International Association of Bryologists has decid- Ph.D. thesis, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Xxiv + 179 ed to begin a repository of bryological theses. These theses are pp. In English. Address of author: Department of Plant Science being housed in the Library of The New York Botanical Garden. and Applied Zoology, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, They are available via interlibrary loan. The NYBG Library Ogun State, Nigeria. E-mail: [email protected]. online catalog (CATALPA) may be viewed at: http:// opac.nybg.org/screens/opacmenu.html. As theses arrive, biblio- The study was conducted in southwestern Nigeria. graphic data and a brief synopsis will be published in this column Bryum eatonii, Stereophyllum conterminum, Fissidens pachylo- (see examples below). Bryological theses for any degree, cover- moides and Trichosteleum papillosum are reported new to the ing any aspect of bryology, in any language, will be included. country and Jonesiobryum sphaerocarpum is new to southern Please send theses to Bill Buck at the address above. Please refer Nigeria. The cyclic succession involving Archidium acanthophyl- to the preliminary notice (cited above) for information on finan- lum, Bryum coronatum and Riccia sp. was monitored for a year cial assistance from IAB for reproduction of theses. The current on an inselberg. Soil nutrients were measured and potassium IAB Treasurer is Matt von Konrat ([email protected]). content in the Archidium was found to be five times higher than that of the soil. Water relations of five mosses were studied and it Číhal, Lukáš. 2010. Kritické zhodnocení výskytu epifytických was found that among the species studied, Calymperes erosum mechorostů na území Hrubého Jeseníku [Data analysis of epi- and Thuidium gratum had the highest water content at field ca- phytic bryophytes in Hrubý Jeseník Mts.]. Master’s thesis, Os- pacity. Growth rates of the Archidium were determined under travská Univerzita, Ostrava, Czech Republic. [vii] 47 pp. In both field and controlled conditions. The growth rate in culture Czech with English abstract. Address of author: unknown. E- (5.7 mm/mo) was higher than that found in nature (0.11 mm/mo). mail: [email protected]. No spore germination in either the field or in culture was ob- served and a conceptual model of an asexual life cycle is pro- This thesis compares historical and recent records of posed. A phenological study over two years showed that game- epiphytic bryophytes within the Orthotrichaceae in the Hrubý tangial and sporophyte development occurred between June and Jeseník Mountains of northern Moravia in the Czech Republic. A December and spores were discharged from November to March field survey was conducted between 2006 and 2009 and 252 GPS in Erythrodontium barteri, T. gratum and C. erosum. Concentra- -tracked localities were visited. A total of nine species of Or- tions of Mn, Zn, Cu and Pb were compared between E. barteri thotrichum and two of Ulota were recorded. Current collections and its host tree, Vitex doniana. Manganese was high in both the were compared against historical ones. In general, ecological moss and the phorophyte; lead emissions from automobiles were data from historical collections is very poor and so the data from accumulated by the moss. the recent collections were analyzed.

Yoon, Young Jun. 2008. Moss flora on the mountain area of Mt. Franková, Hana. 2010. Srovnání ekologických nároků epi- Deogyu in Korea. M.S. thesis, Chonbuk National University, fytických zástupců čeledi Orthotrichaceae [Comparison of eco- Jeonju, Korea. v + 281 pp. In Korean with English abstract. Ad- logical requirements of the epiphytic species within Orthotricha- dress of author: Division of Biological Sciences, Chonbuk Na- ceae family]. Master’s thesis, Univerzita Karlova, Prague, Czech tional University, Jeonju 561-756, Korea. E-mail: liebe- Republic. 59 pp. In Czech with English abstract. Address of au- [email protected]. thor: Technical University of Ostrava, 708 33 Ostrava, Czech Republic. E-mail: [email protected]. This master’s thesis focuses on the characteristics of This thesis is part of an ongoing research project on the the moss flora of Mt. Deogyu, located on the border of Jeonbuk taxonomy, ecology and distribution of epiphytic bryophytes, and Kyungnam provinces in South Korea. A total of 21 field trips especially Orthotrichaceae, based on bryofloristic records. The resulted in 157 taxa of mosses for the mountain. Bucklandiella author analyzed interspecific differences in habitat preferences laeta, Didymodon rigidulus, Anomobryum filiforme var. concin- between species, in particular their associations with particular natum, Herzogiella turfacea, Brachythecium rutabulum, Eurhyn- phorophytes, pH of phorophyte bark, altitude, and the position of chium angustirete and Campylidium hispidulum are new from the phorophyte. Individual species differed in their occurrence South Korea, previously being known from North Korea. according to altitude, phorophyte and pH, although altitude was the most important parameter. All analyzed species are obligate epiphytes. Some species had a tendency to occur preferentially on the north or west side of their phorophyte, but it is not a uni- versal tendency.

Bryophytes on Postage Stamps by Tomoyuki Katagiri Many thousands of bryophyte species have Amblystegium serpens (Hedw.) Schimp. been recognized living on the earth, but unfortu- [Liechtenstein 1981, 80 centimes] nately very few of them have been able to colonize Sphagnum palustre L. [Liechtenstein 1981, 70 cen- postage stamps. There are a few fortunate mosses times] and liverworts published on philatelic substrates Mnium punctatum Hedw. [Switzerland 1993, 100+50 (Fig.1), giving these taxa a potentially unique ad- centimes] vantage in dispersal and colonization. I am not sure Dicranum scoparium Hedw. [Saint-Pierre et Mique- if these six bryophytes are all of them, but they can lon 1995, 3.70 francs ] each be reliably identified with scientific names. Polytrichum juniperinum Hedw. [Saint-Pierre et Mi- Let us share the information on bryophyte postage quelon 1996, 3.70 francs] stamps! I would appreciate it if anyone could let Marchantia polymorpha L. [The United Nations me know about the existence of other bryophyte Postal Administration (New York) 2010, 1.50 dol- postage stamps. I thank Prof. Gradstein for suggest- lars]. ing for me to write about my collection, which in- The illustration was taken from “Tafel 82: Marchan- cludes the following bryophytes. Their country of tia” of Ernst Haeckel’s “Kunstformen der Natur” (= Art forms of Nature). origin and issue year and their local currency value Tomoyuki Katagiri,is a PhD student of Hiroshima University are included.

Figure 1: Bryophytes on postage stamps. bar = 1 cm.

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Continued: Sjörs memorial (page 4) piece of paper and then they Ritsemjokk via the then intact flows towards Norway - where started a kind of air circus over a waterfall Stora Sjöfallet, where there were plans for building a railway station until the station we changed to a smaller boat. dam. Vapstälven is situated in attendant came out to see what it On the return journey we put our Åsele Lappmark and Lycksele was all about. Then the message rather heavy packs on the trolley Lappmark in northern Sweden. I was dropped. I managed but Hu- on rail, which served the bypass collected bryophytes mainly in go had to pay 10 crowns to the at Stora Sjöfallet. We were sur- those parts of the area, which airbase for cleaning up in the aer- prised by a very heavy rainstorm would be affected by the dam. I oplane. This was my first experi- and became wet through and had made a summary for Hugo’s re- ence of flying. to spend the night on the train to port but this was not published Muddus is a vast wetland ar- Stockholm dressed in pyjamas until much later (Een 1994). The ea. Hugo was a tough hiker and and rain clothes. remaining samples, from drier wanted to walk straight over the Hugo Sjörs has published a areas, I identified many years lat- mires in order to find out what report in Swedish on the vascu- er. All data from the 1965 field- was growing there. Sometimes lar plant flora of Muddus (Sjörs work have now been recorded in we got stuck and had to build 1997) the herbarium S database. primitive bridges out of small Hugo Sjörs has, over the Gillis Een half dead pines in order to ad- years, collected a large number Department of Cryptogamic Botany vance. Food was rationed and we of bryophytes in Muddus, espe- Swedish Museum of Natural History lost our bacon because it was not cially in the wetlands. He has [email protected] salted enough for the summer determined all the Sphagna but heat. We tried three different not much more. In 1995 he con- Literature types of oil against the mosqui- tacted me and asked if I could Een, Gillis 1994: Mossor på stränderna av toes before we found out that a help him with the determination sjöar och vattendrag inom Vapstälvens new American kind, called jungle of this very rich material. As I vattenområde. – Myrinia 4: 36-43. oil, was the only one that worked. had access to a place at Riksmu- When we fried pancakes over our seet as a guest researcher I was Sjörs, Hugo 1945: Sphagnum subfulvum campfire, they became covered in a position to accept his offer n. sp. and its relations to S. flavicomans (Card.) Warnst. and S. plumulosum Röll with singed insects, which added of cooperation. Another deciding to the nutritional value, we p.p. – Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 38 factor was that I could solicit (1944): 403-427. thought. assistance from Thor-Björn We were joined by Edward Engelmark and Lars Hedenäs. Sjörs, Hugo 1948: Myrvegetation i von Krusenstjerna for a few days It has taken a long time to Bergslagen. – Acta phytogeogr. Suec. 21: on higher ground. He was work- complete this work. Most of the 1-299. ing from Porjus on an investiga- samples were “ecological” in the tion of the bryophyte vegetation sense that they were collected Sjörs, Hugo 1997: Kärlväxtfloran i around the waterfall Harsprånget with the purpose of recording all Muddus nationalpark. – Svensk Bot. before the building of a new dam the bryophytes in a particular Tidskr. 91: 103-126. with a hydroelectric power plant. ecological niche. Our result was We rounded off the excur- first published in Swedish (Sjörs Sjörs, Hugo & Een, Gillis 1999: Massor sions in 1947 with a touristier trip & Een 1999) and somewhat later av mossor i Muddus. Bryo-diversitet i ett up the source lakes of the river in English (Sjörs & Een 2000) rikkärr. – Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 93: 297-301. Lule Älv. A small boat in regular The third time Hugo and I summer traffic took us from took to the field together was in Sjörs, Hugo & Een, Gillis 2000: Wetland Luspebryggan to Saltoluokta. 1965. Hugo had the task of stud- bryophytes in Muddus National Park, After two nights in the tourist ying the flora and vegetation North Sweden. – Journal of Bryology 22: hotel and one day in the field, we around the river Vapstälven that 223-236. continued to Akka and

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A celebration of a decade of studying and teaching of Malesian bryophytes and lichens at SEAMEO-BIOTROP in Indonesia

In 2001, SEAMEO-BIOTROP in gramme and the growing region- post-graduate students, park ad- Bogor, Indonesia, the regional al need for specialists trained to ministrators, and government of- head office of the ficers in charge of plant Ministries of Educa- protection, from six tion of ASEAN coun- ASEAN countries, namely tries, undertook a pio- Indonesia (11 participants), neering effort to con- Malaysia (2), the Philip- duct a 10-day work- pines (2), Thailand (1), shop aiming to impart East Timor (1) and Vi- the knowledge of two etnam (2), attended the lesser known groups workshop. of plants, namely bry- The 6th BIOTROP work- ophytes and lichens, shop started with two to students, profes- whole days of lectures and sionals and govern- practicals on the biology ment officials in SE and classification of bryo- Asian countries. Figure 1: Participants and lecturers of the 6th BIOTROP phytes and lichens con- Twelve participants from five workshop on Malesian bryophytes and lichens held from ducted in the classroom, followed July 11-19, 2001, in Bogor of Indonesia. ASEAN countries came for by a two-days field trip to Mt. the first workshop held from Sep- Halimum-Salak National Park and tember 25 to October 4 of 2001. recognize and manage bryo- Nirmala Tea Plantation in West The first workshop, which in- phytes and lichens in nature, the Java. The workshop closed with cluded a field trip and project BIOTROP workshops, with the three days of intensive identifica- works, was handled and taught same topic content and similar tion works done in the laboratory, by the three of us, plus Dr. H. format, have been biennially plus an afternoon of group report- Sipman from the Botanical Gar- offered in 2003, 2005, 2007, ing on the results of mini research den and Museum of Berlin- 2009 (see The Bryological Times projects, either on mosses, liver- Dahlem, and Dr. Haji Mohamed 111: 3-4, 2003, etc .). Over the worts, hornworts, or on lichens by from the University of Malaya in period, all six workshops were the participants. The three main Kuala Lumpur. The coverage of taught by S.R. Gradstein, three lecturers at the workshop this year topics included taxonomy, ecolo- by B.C. Tan, H. Sipman and Dr. were S.R. Gradstein, B.C. Tan and gy, economic importance and W. Saipunkaew from Chiang W. Saipunkaew. Additional invit- conservation of the biodiversity Mai University in Thailand, and ed lecturers were Dr. Harry Wiri- of bryophytes and lichens in one or two by a variety of teach- adinata from Herbarium Bo- Malesia. Additional topics, such ers invited locally and from goriense, and Dr. Nunik S. Ari- as Malesian biogeography vis-à- overseas, including T. Halling- yanti and Dr. Lisdar Sudirman vis the Wallace’s Line and the bäck (Sweden), H. van Melick from Bogor Agricultural Universi- various categories of species en- (The Netherlands), A. Newton ty (IPB). The senior researcher dangerment of IUCN, were also (U.K.), and M. Suleiman and and supporting staff of BIOTROP, introduced. A detailed report of Yong K.-T. (Malaysia). namely, Dr. Sri S. Tjitrosoedirdjo, this workshop appeared in The This year BIOTROP offered its Mr. Imam Mawardi, Mr. Se- Bryological Times 105: 4-5, 6th (and probably last) workshop tiabudi, Ms. Sri Widayanti and 2002. in Bogor from July 11-19, 2011. Ms. Indah Wahyuni, contributed Since, a decade has passed. Due A total of 19 participants con- to the successful holding of this to the relevance of the pro- sisting of university lecturers, training workshop.

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A one-day special symposium Prof. S.R. Gradstein (Paris) gave by Yong K.-T. (Malaysia), with the theme “A Decade of the plenary talk on “What do we “Bryophytes Diversity at Gunung Study of Bryophytes and Lichens know about the Liverworts and Mas and Nirmala Tea Plantation, at SEAMEO-BIOTROP” was Hornworts of Java?” Other West Java, Indonesia” by Hilda organized on July 18, the day presentations included the Akmal et al. (Indonesia), after the conclusion of the 6th “Lichens.” Participants at the “Taxonomy of Lejeuneaceae sub- workshop. The sympo- family Ptychan- sium was attended by thoideae in Thai- 50 participants from 9 land” by S. Kor- countries. The at- nochalert et al. tendees were mostly (Thailand), graduates of the six “Taxonomic Revi- workshops; many of sion of Fissidens them are today profes- Hedw. in Thai- sional bryologists or land” by lichenologists residing K.Wongkuna and working in various (Thailand), SE Asian countries. “Antibacterial The one-day special Activity of Aque- symposium aimed to ous, Methanol and review the impact of Diethyl Ether Ex- the BIOTROP training tracts of 5 selected Bryophyte Spe- programme in building Figure 2: Participants at the one day symposium held the interest and capacities of on July 18, 2011 at Bogor of Indonesia. cies” by Luong T. T. young researchers in the South- (Vietnam), “Species Rich- east Asian region to study ness, Distribution and Status Malesian bryophytes and lichens. one day symposium on “A Dec- of Mosses in selected Mountains It also served as a fitting occasion ade of Study of Bryophytes and in Mindanao, The Philippines” by to express appreciation to Dr. S. Lichens at SEAMEO- L.C. Lubos (Philippines), “New S. Tjitrosoedirdjo at the BIO- BIOTROP” held on July 18, Records of Sumatran Moss Flora TROP headquarter for her untir- 2011 at Bogor of Indonesia. In- with a Focus on Fissidentaceae” ing work and persistent effort dicators for Environmental by Nana Hernawati et al. spent in organizing and coordi- Quality Monitoring in Northern (Indonesia), “Diversity of Epi- nating the six regional training Thailand” by W. Saipunkaew phytic Macrolichens on Bark of workshops from 2001 to 2011. (Thailand), “How is Moss Biodi- Eucalyptus, Pinus and Altingia at versity affected by the Climate Cibodas Botanical Garden, West Changes?” by B.C. Tan Java, Indonesia” by Rindita The special symposium featured (Singapore/USA), “Moss Flora (Indonesia), and “Beauty of Moss- 3 poster presentations and 15 pa- of Borneo: A Review from es, from the Eyes of Aesthete” by per presentations delivered by 1966-2011” by M. Suleiman Ng Y.-M. (Singapore). invited guest and lecturers and (Malaysia), “Testing Correla- The following day (July 19) saw alumni/alumnae of BIOTROP tion of selected Morphologies all symposium participants taken workshops. The invited guest, with Epiphytism in the Moss for an enjoyable day trip to see an Prof. Erik Smets from the Neth- Family Daltoniaceae outdoor bryophyte garden (see erlands Center for Biodiversity (Hookeriales)” by Ho B.-C. Damayanti & Gradstein, 2006) at Naturalis & Leiden University in (Singapore), “Moss Diversity in the famous Cibodas Botanic Gar- Netherlands, gave his special lec- the Endau-Rompin, a Lowland dens, and to conduct a foray of ture on “Plant Systematics: Past Forest of Peninsular Malaysia” bryophytes and lichens at Mount and Future Perspectives”, while

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Gede-Pangerango National Park. about the diversity of bryophytes workshop lecturers and partici- It was a perfect sunny day of ex- and lichens for a number of local pants (see Appendix 1) for use at change of pleasantries and up- national parks and forest re- the workshops. dates, and renewal of camarade- serves across the region. In addition, an internet discussion rie among past and current work- Overall, in its 10 years of exist- group shop participants and lecturers. ence, the six workshops of BIO- (malesian_bryophyte@yahoogrou The feeling of seeing a growing, TROP have trained a hundred ps.com) was established as a fo- active community of bryologists participants from 9 ASEAN rum for the BIOTROP workshop and lichenolo- members and other gists from SE workers on Malesian Asia laughing bryophytes and lichens, together, albeit Table 1. Number of participants and their country of origin to exchange infor- still small in mation on research number, is heart Brunei Kamp. Indon Mal. Phil. Sing. Thai. Timor Viet. Total findings, expedition Leste warming and news and recent bryo- encouraging. 2001 - - 7 1 1 2 1 - - 12 logical and lichenologi- Thus, came the 2003 - - 9 1 1 2 2 - 1 16 cal publications. No end of a long 2005 - - 13 2 1 2 2 - - 20 doubt, the BIOTROP decade of sup- 2007 - - 10 2 - 2 - - - 14 workshop and pro- port of 2009 1 1 6 3 1 3 2 - 2 19 gramme on Malesian SEAMEO- bryophytes and lichens 2010 - - 11 2 2 - 1 1 2 19 BIOTROP given is a big success and has to a unique Total 1 1 56 11 6 11 8 1 5 100 greatly enlivened the workshop in the present day scenario of world - teaching bryological and lichen- the Malesian ological study and in- bryophytes and lichens to young countries (see Table 1). Among vestigation in the region. botanists in the region. Due to a the workshop participants, The past and present administra- shortage of funds and office man- twelve have pursued their study tions of the principal organization, power, BIOTROP has decided to interest and obtained a PhD de- SEAMEO-BIOTROP, deserve a give up its privilege to continue gree in Bryology, and five an high applause from the communi- to host the workshop in Bogor in MSc degree. Another interest- ty of bryologists and lichenolo- the years to come. Instead, BIO- ing fact that emerges is that gists worldwide for this outstand- TROP is looking for a local or- some of the participants of the ing and concrete accomplishment ganization or a university in 6th workshop are themselves achieved in hosting a unique the region to jointly co-host students of workshop alumni workshop cum training pro- and organize the future work- trained during the 1st workshop. gramme for six times in a decade. shops. Three scientific articles, based Similarly, all foreign and local Looking back, the 10 years of on the workshop research out- funding agencies and offices that BIOTROP-sponsored workshop puts, have been published in in- had provided financial supports to programme has produced a very ternational scientific journals. the holding of the six BIOTROP positive and impressive impact Likewise, five popular guide- workshops deserve equally our on the advancement of bryology books written in English and deep appreciation. and lichenology in SE Asia Indonesian Bahasa languages, through the development of man- with identification keys to local Appendix 1. List of publications prepared power. It also contributed in species and color pictures of in- for and used by the BIOTROP workshop terms of scientific publications digenous bryophytes and li- participants and teachers from 2001-2011. and local guidebooks written chens, have been produced by

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Renovation of the Cryptogamic herbarium building in Geneva by Michelle Price The Console, situated in the Botanical Garden building. The staff currently located in the Con- on the lake-front in Geneva, was built in 1904 sole will be housed in temporary structures within specifically to house the newly relocated herbari- the Botanical Garden grounds during the renova- um collection, botanical library and staff. It was tion. The building itself needs to be completely enlarged in 1911-1912 and again in 1923-1924. emptied prior to the renovation work which is a In 1929 it was already becoming too small for huge task in itself. In the renovated Console the growing collections and some restructuring building the entire ground floor will be dedicated of the interior was neces- to the collections, which will sary to create further be housed in specially de- space for the specimens. signed metal compactus units. In 1973 two buildings The first floor will house the (Bot. II and Bot. III) built Cryptogamic library, the mo- within the grounds of the lecular laboratory, and the Botanical Garden were seminar room whereas the inaugurated. Two-thirds two upper floors will house of the herbarium collec- the herbarium and scientific tions from the Console staff. and the non-cryptogamic Work is currently under- library holdings were way in the Cryptogamic de- transferred to these new facilities leaving the partment of G to prepare for the upcoming reno- Cryptogamic library and Cryptogamic collec- vation. The specimens are being placed into spe- tions (algae, ferns, fungi, hornworts, lichens, liv- cially designed boxes in advance of the move and erworts, mosses) as well as the gymnosperms plans for the systematic numbering and transfer of and collections related to the Flora of Corsica the collections are being made. The type speci- project in the Console. The Cryptogamic collec- mens are being prepared in advance to ensure the tion, with over 1 million specimens has now continuation of the type databasing and digitizing over-reached the maximum capacity of the Con- projects and requests for outstanding loans are sole. being made so that the material can be incorpo- Given its age, the Console building has been rated into the herbarium before the move itself. subject to several evaluations which all showed This will ensure that the collections are given the the necessity of a full renovation. After the com- correct amount of space in their temporary and pletion of new herbarium building, Bot. V, in future locations. 2012 the Console will be entirely renovated in Excepting a small period of time that will be 2012-2013. The newly constructed Bot. V will needed for the transfer of the collections between provide 18 km of additional herbarium space for the two buildings in early 2012 and again in late the vascular plant collection on three under- 2013, the Cryptogamic herbarium will remain ground floors. open during the renovation work for loans and All the collections currently housed in the visits. We hope to be able to welcome you to the Console will be moved to the new herbarium Cryptogamic herbarium in our newly renovated space in Bot. V, upon its completion. The collec- building from 2014 onwards. In the meantime we tions will then remain in Bot. V. until the new ask you to be patient with us as we undertake this herbarium facilities are ready whereupon the mammoth task and as we settle into our new, but Cryptogamic collections will be transferred to temporary, facilities and accommodation in 2012. their new locations in the renovated Console

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News from the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques (G), Geneva, Switzerland by Michelle Price member of the National Inventory of Swiss Bryo- Bryology at the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de phytes (NISM) committee and the Swiss Bryophyte la Ville de Genève (CJBG) has grown over the last Flora Group (Heike Hofmann (coordinator), Norbert ten years to encompass a small but active group of Schnyder, Edi Urmi, Ariane Cailliau, Michelle Price). bryologists and students. Our activities, centered around the bryophyte herbarium collection in G, cov- er bryophyte taxonomy, systematics and floristics as Eva Maier, a research associate of the CJBG, is an well as type specimen digitization and cataloguing. expert on Grimmia (Grimmiaceae) and has just pub- Specific areas of research at the CJBG are the Dicra- lished a taxonomic revision of the genus treating and naceae-Dicranales, the Grimmiaceae, the Junger- illustrating the 52 species recognized in it (Boissiera manniaceae, Neotropical mosses, the Swiss bryo- vol. 63). Eva is currently working on a treatment of phyte flora and the Geneva bryophyte flora. Grimmia from South Africa in collaboration with Terry Hedderson of the University of Cape Town. She also contributes to the CJBG based research on Michelle Price is curator of bryophytes, ferns and Dicranum and the Dicranaceae-Dicranales. Eva is gymnosperms in G. Since arriving in Geneva in Oc- particularly interested in the peristomes of mosses tober of 2001, Michelle has focused on cataloguing and has recently focused her research activities on and digitizing the types in the rich bryophyte collec- investigating peristome anatomy within the Grimmi- tion in G and especially on the important Hedwig- aceae and Dicranaceae-Dicranales. Schwägrichen moss collection (see below). Michelle is interested in the Dicranaceae-Dicranales and is cur- rently conducting research on Dicranum Ariane Cailliau, a PhD student and former scientific (typifications, taxonomic revisions, peristome struc- collaborator on the Geneva Bryophyte Inventory pro- ture, morphological-anatomical characters, popula- ject, is currently working on a systematic revision, of tion genetics), Symblepharis (taxonomic revision, Leiocolea (Jungermanniaceae), including a molecular peristome structure) and Holomitrium (taxonomic phylogenetic investigation of its systematic position. revision, peristome structure, character evolution) as Ariane has done her molecular work, via a Synthesys well on floristics of the Dicranaceae in Switzerland grant, at the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh in and the Neotropics. In collaboration with Eva Maier collaboration with Dr. David Long and at the CJBG she is working on peristome anatomy in the Dicra- in collaboration with Yamama Naciri and Mathieu naceae-Dicranales and Grimmiaceae. Michelle is col- Perret. With an Augustin Lombard grant from the laborating with Len Ellis from the Natural History Société de Physique et d’Histoire Naturelle de Museum, London, on the typification of the Hed- Geneve (SPHN) and support from the Abisko Scien- wigian acrocarpous moss names, involving collec- tific Research Station (ANS) of the Royal Swedish tions from the Hedwig-Schwägrichen herbarium (G) Academy of Sciences, Ariane conducted field work and the herbaria of Dickson and Turner (BM). They in the Sweden, where she was helped by Tomas Hal- are also collaborating on the digital imaging of mi- lingbäck and Niklas Lönell. Ariane is also interested croscopic preparations of type specimens in the moss in the Swiss bryophyte flora. She worked on the liv- families Calymperaceae and Dicranaceae. Work on erworts for the Geneva Bryophyte Inventory project the population genetics of Dicranum scoparium, D. and is currently an active member of the Swiss Bryo- bonjeanii and D. polysetum at different scales within phyte Flora Group. Switzerland and Europe is currently being carried out at the CJBG, in collaboration with the CJBG research Gabriela Loza Steinbach, a Masters student at the officer and population geneticist Yamama Naciri. University of Geneva and the CJBG, is currently New chloroplast primers for investigating intra- working on a taxonomic revision of Symblepharis specific variability in Dicranum scoparium were re- (Rhabdoweisiaceae) from the Neotropics. With a Au- cently developed at the CJBG, in collaboration with gustin Lomdard grant from the Société de Physique et Annick Lang (currently in Leiden). Michelle is a

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Continued: Geneva d’Histoire Naturelle de Geneve (SPHN) Gabriela re- ties in this area. She continues her work on Tayloria cently did some field work on Symblepharis in Boliv- rudolphiana and is now also studying several mem- ia where she was helped by Monica Morales, Rosa bers of the Dicranaceae in the CJBG micro- Isela Meneses and Claudia Aldana from La Paz propagation lab. (LPB) and Ivan Linneo from Santa Cruz (USZ). She is interested in Neotropical bryophytes and completed Laurent Burgisser, a research collaborator at the a review of páramo bryophytes in South America as CJBG, worked on the Geneva Bryophyte Inventory part of her undergrad- project. He is cur- uate studies. Gabriela rently compiling is currently preparing the Checklist and an article on high- Redlist of bryo- altitude Dicranaceae phytes for the can- from Ecuador with ton of Geneva in Michelle Price. collaboration with the Geneva De- Hélène Hinden, a partment of Con- scientific collaborator servation. He is an at the CJBG, is work- expert on the local ing on the Andrew W. bryophyte flora Mellon Foundation and works in close funded Global Plants collaboration with Initiative project in G. local Conservation Hélène has been re- organizations on sponsible for scanning bryophytes within and databasing the the canton. liverwort types as well as for the merging of the Index Hepaticarum Names Agathe Gautschi, the new bryophyte herbarium as- Database with the CJBG’s own database system. Hé- sistant in G, is currently working on a catalogue of lène is interested in the Swiss and Geneva bryophyte the bryophytes held in the G herbarium collection. floras. She has recently completed a number of stud- She is responsible for the daily running of the herbar- ies and inventories within the canton in collaboration ium, the filing and organization of the specimens, the with the Geneva Department of Conservation. Hélène preparation of material for bryophyte loans and the is currently working on an inventory of the bryo- preparation of type material for the bryophyte types phytes living on walls within the canton and this re- scanning project. search will contribute to the Checklist and Redlist of Bryophytes for Geneva. Previous collaborators Anne Jacob-Streiff, currently a scientific collabora- tor at the Swiss Academy of Sciences in Bern, did her Karen Martinez, a scientific collaborator at the PhD research on Grimmia at the University of Lau- CJBG, is working on the Andrew W. Mellon Founda- sanne (Nicole Galland) and the CJBG (Michelle tion funded Global Plants Initiative project in G. Ka- Price). Anne investigated the phylogeny of Grimmia ren has been responsible for scanning and databasing using molecular and morphological characters. Be- the liverwort types as well as for the preparation of a tween 2000 and 2002, and again in 2003 to 2005 database of moss names for transfer to the CJBG da- Anne worked as scientific collaborator on the Index tabase to facilitate the databasing of the G moss type Hepaticarum project at the CJBG where she was re- specimens. Karen is interested in the conservation sponsible for completing and correcting data for the and in vitro culture of mosses. After completing her names A-Jubula. Masters project on the in vitro culture of rare Swiss mosses in 2010 she has continued her research activi- Continued on page 26

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Annick Lang, currently a PhD student in Leiden, Stephani collection with 3773 Stephani types digit- worked as a scientific collaborator on the GBIF.ch ized in that year by Annick Lang. The liverwort types and Andrew W. Mellon foundation projects in G. She are now almost fully digitized (excluding the material was responsible for databasing and scanning the that is out on loan), with over 9000 liverwort type Franz Stephani type material. Annick also helped to specimens now known to be present in the bryophyte create the G bryophyte and lichen digital scanning collection of G. This year sees the beginning of work protocol. She also worked in the molecular laboratory on the moss types which will take until the end of of the CJBG on Dicranum scoparium where she stud- 2014 to complete. Images of the G liverwort types are ied the infra-specific variability in this species. An- available though the G Catalogue des Herbiers de nick is now working Genève (CHG) (http://www.ville- with Michael Stech ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/chg/ from the Netherlands index.php?lang=fr) and on JSTOR. Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis (section NHN), Leiden Univer- Work on the G based project Index sity, on the phylogeog- Hepaticarum continues. Over the raphy of Dicranum last few years we have focused on scoparium and its close correcting and standardizing the allies. electronic information that was available for the project (Michelle Price, Anne Streiff, Hélène Hin- Databases and Cata- den). The project database was logues – G contains made available online in 2009. The the Hedwig- next step will be the digitization of Schwägrichen moss the originals of Stephani’s Icones collection that is linked Hepaticarum which are held in the to the publication Spe- archive collection of the CJBG. In cies muscorum frondo- the future the liverwort names in sorum and the Franz the Index Hepaticarum Names Da- Stephani liverwort col- tabase will be linked with the lection that is linked to scanned G liverwort types and the Stephani’s Species He- digitized Icones Hepaticarum imag- paticarum. These two es thus facilitating access to the in- collections have been valuable Icones Hepaticarum draw- the focus of an initia- ings. A re-designed and updated tive to promote access to the G bryophyte type col- version of our Index Hepaticarum Names Database lections through cataloguing and digitization. The will be available in 2012. first part of the Hedwig-Schwägrichen catalogue was published (Boissiera vol 61) and put on-line in 2005. The second part, dealing with the Schwägrichen col- Two online databases for bryophytes are available on lection, has now been complied by Michelle Price the CJBG website: and Eva Maier for upcoming publication. The An- Hedwig Types Catalogue: http://www.ville-ge.ch/ drew W. Mellon Foundation, through the African musinfo/bd/cjb/hedwig/ Plants Initiative, Latin American Plants Initiative and Index Hepaticarum Names Database (1 May 1753-31 Global Plants Initiative, has funded an ongoing pro- December 1973): http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/ ject in G, to digitize all the bryophyte type collections cjb/hepatic/ (Hélène Hinden, Karen Martinez, Annick Lang, Michèle Gendre, Sophie Machado). GBIF.ch funding in 2007 allowed us to advance our work on the Franz

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Monster Feet? By DorothyBelle Poli

The following picture several different bryo- was taken on the prop- phyte communities. erty of the Humbodlt The whimsy that na- Field Research Insti- ture can present is tute in Steuben Maine beautiful and inspir- (USA). August 2011 I ing. I do hope this was taking a class at image makes you look the field station when I for monsters during stumbled upon this your own travels! If interesting site...what you find some, please looks like green mon- share your pictures!! ster feet was actually a tree root covered in

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Almost half (I calculated 33) of the articles deal East Maui in Hawaii. This means that e.g. Mada- with the Neotropics. This is understandable in the gascar, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Papua New Guin- light of the map on p. 52, which displays the dis- ea and more generally the Old World tropics have tribution of intensively studied sites with an es- not been and are not being intensively studied. tablished body of tropical montane cloud forest research. Fourteen localities are indicated, of What a book, a treasure indeed! It makes great which eight are in the Neotropics, and just two in and thought-evoking reading for everyone whose Africa (Mt. Cameroon, Mt. Rwenzori) and three research has something to do with montane cloud in Asia (Krakatau, Gunung Silam in Borneo, forests and their (so far) amazing biological rich- Yuanyang Lake in Taiwan). The remaining one is ness.

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to the Mosses of Singapore. Science 2 Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Damayanti, L. 2006. Koleksin Bryo- Centre, Singapore, 149 pp. Dept. Systématique et Evolution, UMS phyta Taman Lumut Kebun Raya 7205, Case Postale 39, Cibodas. Java, Indonesia, 81 pp. 75231 Paris cedex 05, (Indonesian language) France

Damayanti, L. & Gradstein, S.R. 3 SEAMEO BIO- 2006. Bryological news from Indonesia: Bryophyte garden TROP, Jl. Raya Tajur inaugurated in Cibodas Botanical km 6, Bogor, Indone- Garden, Java, Indonesia. The sia Bryological Times 120: 11-12. Gradstein, S.R. 2011. A Guide to the Liverworts and Hornworts of Java. SEAMEO-BIOTROP Sci- entific Publications, Bogor, 150 pp. Gradstein, S.R. et al. 2009. Bryo- phytes of Mount Patuha, West Java, Indonesia. Reinwardtia 13: 107-123.

Hasan, M., Ariyanti N.S. 2004. Figure 3: Prof. S.R. Gradstein giving his plenary talk at the spe- Mengenal (Bryophyta) Lumut di Ta- cial one day symposium held on July 18, 2011 in Bogor of Indone- man Nasional Gunung Gede Pangran- sia. go, Java, Indonesia, 93 pp. (Indonesian language)

Iskandar, E.A.P. 2008. The Liver- Reported by Benito C. Tan 1, S. Robbert worts of Mt. Tangkuban Paerahu, 2 3 West Java. LIPI Press, 76 pp. Gradstein and Sri. S. Tjitrosoedirdjo (Indonesian language) 1 Department of Biological Science, Tan, B.C. et al. 2006. Mosses of National University of Singapore, Sin- Gunung Halimum National Park, gapore 119267; also The University and West Java, Indonesia. Reinwardtia Jepson Herbaria, University of Califor- 12: 205-214. nia at Berkeley, USA Tan, B.C. & B.-C. Ho. 2008. A Guide Subscribing to Bryonet-l

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