Volume 79 June 1994 ISSN 0253-4738 Contents Product News: Herbarium aids ...... 2 Product news: useful watches ...... 2 New literature ...... 3 Program of the ABLS annual meeting in Knoxville, Tenessee, 7-11 August 1994 ...... 3 New publications ...... 5 News from the Herbaria:The Richard Spruce collections in MANCH ...... 6 A simple method for clearing up slides of mosses for observation with the light microscope...... 7 Invitation to a plenary meeting of the European Committee for the Conservation of Bryophytes ECCB ...... 7 Collecting ...... 8 European bryologist: Would your research benefit from a visit to Helsinki? ...... 9 DIARY ...... 11 Cont’d...... 11 DIARY ...... 12

A Bryologist of Eminence Retires S. C. Bhatla, Department of Botany, Delhi University, Delhi-110007, India.

In his research career now spanning ing their taxonomy and morphology. writing, portrait sketching, vocal music more than 40 years, Professor R. N. Professor Chopra has to his credit and photography. In 1991 he published Chopra, FBS (born October 12, 1929) has more than 165 papers including contri- a book - ‘Life and Nature’ comprising made significant contributions in Plant butions to books and comprehensive re- 60 poems in English. Embryology, Morphogenesis and Bryo- views. His book ‘Biology of Bryophytes’ Having devoted more then four dec- logy. In embryology, he discovered the (written together with P. K. Kumra) was ades in his research career, Professor now well known endosperm haustoria in published by Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Chopra superannuates on October 12, the Cucurbitaceae and also unraveled the Delhi, in 1988. this book has become a 1994. unique embryological features of the very useful reference for post-graduate families Podostemaceae, Moraceae, students and research scholars alike. His Cactaceae, Anacardiaceae, Bixaceae and second book ‘Bryophyte Development: Cornaceae. In morphogenesis, Professor Physiology and Biochemistry’ (edited Chopra served as a member of the pio- together with S. C. Bhatla) was published neering group of the late Professor in 1990 by CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton. Maheshwari in early 1950s in initiating One more book on bryophytes - ‘Topics researches on cell and tissue culture of in Bryology’ is under preparation. plants which include culture of overies Professor Chopra has served as an and ovules. But his more abiding inter- Additional Secretary of the International ests during the last 32 years have been in Society of Plant Morphologists (1975- the area of morphogenesis and physiol- 84); Head, Department of Botany and ogy of bryophytes. Professor Chopra has Director, Centre of Advanced Study in made interesting, original contributions Botany, University of Delhi (1982-82); in understanding bud development in Councillor of the Indian Botanical Soci- mosses, reproductive growth, apogamy ety (1987-89); Vice-President of the In- and apospory. Nonetheless, his interests dian Bryological Society (1983-85) and have been wider and have embraced the has been its President since 1985. Pro- biology of bryophytes as a whole includ- fessor Chopra’s hobbies include poetry 2 The Bryological Times No. 79, 1994 Product News

Herbarium aids file on disk and to give a name to it - mal scanner with 256 grey scales and a Everybody working in a herbarium you cannot just drag the scanner over normal scan width of 105mm, However, during a visit is faced with the prob- the label and then go to the next. So if the option “scan text” is chosen, it im- lem: there are thousands of specimens this method is not a great advantage ports directly into many word processors each with a herbarium label including compared with xeroxing. Text recog- for MS-Windows, e.g. into Word for Win- information which is needed for cita- nition programs may allow the pic- dows, WordPerfect for Windows or Lo- tion of the specimen. For a monograph ture to be translated into an ASCII tus Ami Pro. Price approx. 600.- DM or revision, all this information must file (if it is type- and not handwrit- (US$ 350). be taken home. There are usually sev- ten). Although the recognition rate is eral possibilities, for instance one can quite high in modern programs and UsefulWatches does not depend on a special type font, write down the label text and retype it In the Bryological Times no. 62/63 it still requires the picture to be sent into the computer at home; or it may (October 1991), a wrist watch with built through the text recognition program, be possible to xerox the specimens with in altimeter was announced and recom- adding one more step to the proce- labels or the whole herbarium sheets. I mended for fieldwork because of its small dure and making it slower. So it was personally used to write the data on file size and weight, high accuracy and low still a vision to sit in a herbarium and cards in different colours (e.g. for types price compared with a standard altimeter. drag over one label after the other and exsiccate series). It would, of This altimeter wrist watch model made with a scanner connected to a small course, make sense to have the data in by CASIO is no longer available but has notebook and to get the label infor- the computer, allowing you to incorpo- been replaced by a less attractive analogue mation into the computer as text. But rate them later into a manuscript, pre- watch with built in altimeter for the same this vision is now reality. venting the need for retyping. Maybe price. CASIO which is famous for Primax now offers a pen-like in some herbaria there are now com- multifunction watches (e.g. for measur- handy scanner called Lector DataPen, puters, perhaps the older makes which ing blood preasure, diving watches or which does not need a adapter card are no longer used in the offices, in biorythm watches) has again changed its but is connected to the parallel port. which the data can be entered and taken offer and has developed three other al- It is dragged over the text and can home on disk. Notebook computers are timeter watches: read only one line at a time but has ideal for this purpose. Although the AW-330 AT-9E is again an analogue simultaneous text recognition (of notebooks today have a 486 or at least watch with digital altimeter. It works up characters from eleven different lan- a 386 processor and are priced higher to 4000 m and 100 m below sea level. It guages) and can read and recognize than desktop machines, there are still shows the absolute altitude, the difference 1800 characters per minute. It uses 286-notebooks available at real bargain in altitude to a previous point and the ten- the TWAIN interface of Windows pro- prices which fulfill the expected re- dency of air pressure. The price is DM grams and thus can read text directly quirement of replacing a note-book and 189 in Germany (approx. US 115). into a word processor or also num- allowing you to keep notes e.g. on a trip ALT-6000J is a digital model. It works bers into a spreadsheet. It is also use- away from home. up to 6000 m, has a memory for 50 read- ful for preparing manuscripts. If But there are always easier meth- ings from which a profile is shown as a someone wants to include part of a ods. When handy scanners became bar. It includes a barometer which shows diagnosis, locality information or a available six or seven years ago, I the air pressure, the tendency of air pres- reference into their own manuscript, thought about scanning the label text sure and minimum and maximum val- they can easily scan this text directly into a computer. What sounds so easy ues. It is also waterproof to 100 m depth into the wordprocessor. The price is in fact more complicated. Firstly the and includes in addition a thermometer complete with software is at present scanner requires an adapter card to con- ranging from -20° to +60° and should be ca. $400.— but will probably go down nect with the computer and this ex- ideal for fieldtrips. The price is DM 299 in the future. cludes the use with a laptop or a note- in Germany (US$ 175). Another scanner which can rec- book for a botanist visiting a herbarium. BM-200WJ resembles the altitmeter ognise characters instantaneously and There are only a very few handy scan- announced in the Bryological Times in read text from labels or bibliographies ner models which can be adapted to the 1991 with a range up to 4000 m, indica- into a manuscript is ScanMan Easy parallel port of the computer and thus tion of air pressure and tendency of air Touch, by Logitech. It is also con- used in combination with a notebook. pressure over the past 18 hours displayed nected to the parallel port and thus Secondly, it scans only an image and as a bar graph. As with the previous mod- usable with notebooks. In contrast only the picture file can be taken home els, it has several alarms and is water- with the DataPen, it resembles a nor- on disk. It also requires you to save the proof down to 100 m. It costs DM 179. No. 79, 1994 The Bryological Times 3 A simple method for clearing up slides of mosses for observation with Bryophyte the light microscope. curation in Berlin: J.D. Kruijer & N. Klazenga, Rijksherbarium/Hortus Botanicus, P.O. Box a disclaimer 9514, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. In a recently published note, Frahm Slides of moss material for obser- for the purpose of clearing up and in- (in Bryol. Times 77: 7. 1994) makes the vation with the light microscope are not creasing the contrast of moss material following assertion: ”The material of always sufficiently transparent. Conse- in slides, there is no need to hydrolyse the first two Bryotrop expedition[s] is quently, the examination of details, such the material first with any acid. The deposited at the Botanical Museum as the pores in the walls of leaf cells, iodine solution can be added directly to Berlin... However, there is no more a may be rather difficult because of the wet material on a microscope slide. bryophyte curator at the Botanical Mu- low contrast. Stains, like an 1—2% When soaked in this solution the mate- seum in Berlin and by this way the aqueous solution of methylene blue, are rial becomes almost immediately more material and data of the first two expe- often used for increasing the contrast transparent and its contrast increases. ditions are no more accessible.” and revealing details. However, the re- Consequently, the material can be ex- Neither of the two latter statements sults of staining with methylene blue amined more easily while the change are true. It is perhaps unfortunate that, are not always satisfactory, especially in colour of the cell walls is insignifi- due to a prolonged leave of absence of when used with dark coloured or nearly cant. the office holder, the position as cura- opaque objects. This method has provided good re- tor of bryophytes at the Botanical Mu- A simple method for clearing up and sults with slides of leaves or cross-sec- seum Berlin-Dahlem had to be filled increasing the contrast in such cases is tions of stems and branches of species temporarily with a botanist, C. to stain the material with a diluted so- belonging to the Hypopterygiaceae Mitt. Oberprieler, whose main research field lution of iodine-potassium iodide (af- Cell walls and pores, when present, be- is the Compositae. Nevertheless, he ter Johansen, 1940). This stain is com- came more visible. The walls became devotes all his skill and energy to cu- monly used for staining starch and brighter but remained colourless to pale rate the bryophyte collections in the therefore is available almost every- yellow, except for the middle lamellae, Berlin herbarium and to ensure that the where. The iodine solution is also used which occasionally changed to bright loan service remains fully functional. for staining cellulose and hemicellu- yellow. This was especially effective for The ”Bryotrop” expedition materials loses, but before it is added the mate- some slides of leaves of herbarium are processed in conjunction with M. rial must first be hydrolysed with, re- specimens of Cyathophorella adiantum Menzel, a former research associate and spectively, sulphuric acid or hydrochlo- (Griff.) Fleisch. These specimens had still a frequent guest at the Museum. ric acid (Johansen, 1940). Fortunately, narrow leaves with narrow leaf cells, Processing is completed for the first whose lumen frequently contained expedition (Peru 1982) and is in Other models could also be useful granular and probably glutinous inclu- progress for the second one (Borneo for fieldwork: sions which obstructed observation of 1986). Some family treatments for that CPW-100-1A has a built-in com- their walls. second portion are still unallocated, and pass which shows the direction in 16 Cross-sections of stems and branch- offers by specialists are welcome. Loans segments (22,5° each) and a navigator es of plants of Hypopterygiaceae-spe- of the processed material are possible ring and costs DM 259 (US$152). cies, with inclusions in central strand under normal terms. CPW-200-1C is as exact as 6° and cells (e.g. Hypopterygium didictyon C. The Director and staff of the Botani- costs DM 299 (US$ 175). Both are wa- Muell.), were also strongly improved by cal Museum Berlin-Dahlem regret the terproof to 50 - 100 m depth. adding the iodine solution. misinformation resulting from the pub- TS-200 has a built in thermometer. Clearing up with iodine-potassium lication of Dr. Frahm’s note, which 30 readings can be stored and displayed iodide was also successful for slides of might easily have been avoided had they as a bar chart. It is waterproof to 100 m specimens that belong to Dicranoloma been consulted beforehand. depth and costs DM 139 (US$82). (Ren.) Ren. and lacked sufficient con- Prof. P. Hiepko, Director of the Her- The GPS satellite navigators men- trast of their own. barium, Botanischer Garten und tioned in the same issue of the Bryolo- Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, gical Times 62/63 cost now, two years Reference Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8, D-14191 Ber- later, only about DM 1500 (US$ 882). Johansen, D.A. 1940. Plant micro- lin, Germany. J.-P. Frahm, Univ. Duisburg, FB technique. McGraw-Hill Book Com- 6, Bot., D-47048 Duisburg, Germany. pany, New York. 4 The Bryological Times No. 79, 1994 ABLS annual meeting in Knoxville, Tenessee, 7-11 August 1994 Anyone interested in further information should please contact Dr. Chicita F. Culberson, Department of Botany, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338 (U.S.A.). Phone: (919) 684-3715. Fax: (919) 684-5412. Monday morning, 8 August genetic relationships of the Spiridenta- logical Section, BSA. Organized by ABLS BREAKFAST: U.T. CON- ceae (Musci) based on morphological KAREN S. RENZAGLIA. Department FERENCE CENTER, ROOM 1404 and molecular data. of Biological Sciences, Box 70703, East CONTRIBUTED PAPERS: The KWOK LEUNG YIP. Baylor Uni- Tennessee State University, Johnson A.J. SHARP Student Papers Session. versity. Ultrastructure of the sporophy- City, TN 37614 (615/929-6930). Joint Session with the Bryological and te-gametophyte junction in Ephemerum JEFFREY G. DUCKETT*, RO- Lichenological Section, BSA. KEN- cohaerens (Hedw.) Hampe (Musci, BERTO LIGRONE, KEITH KING- NETH D. McFARLAND, Department Ephemeraceae). HAM, and ANDREW R. LEITCH. of Botany, University of Tennessee, Monday afternoon, 8 August Queen Mary and Westfield College, Knoxville, TN 37996–1100 (615/ London, UK, and Dipartimento di SYMPOSIUM: The Developmen- 974-2256), presiding. Biologia Vegetale, Napoli, Italy. Differ- tal Biology of Bryophytes. Cosponsored KENNETH D. McFARLAND. Uni- entiation of moss protonemata in rela- by the Bryological and Lichenological versity of Tennessee. Opening remarks tion to diaspore formation, anchorage Section, BSA. Organized by KAREN and a tribute to Professor A.J. Sharp. and solute conduction. S. RENZAGLIA. Department of Bio- DOUGLAS L. BERNHARD* and BARBARA CRANDALL-STOT- logical Sciences, Box 70703, East Ten- KAREN S. RENZAGLIA. East Tennes- LER. Southern Illinois University. De- nessee State University, Johnson City, see State University. Origin of centrioles velopmental constraints, ontogenetic TN 37614 (615/929-6930). and early development of the locomo- shifts and evolutionary trends in MARY JANE SAUNDERS. Uni- tory apparatus in the moss Aula- bryophytes. versity of South Florida. Mosses as comnium palustre. DAVID J. GARBARY* and KA- model systems to investigate the cell DUANE EDWARDS. Southern Il- REN S. RENZAGLIA. St. Francis cycle. linois University. The bryophyte diaspo- Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada ANGELA J. RUSSELL*, M.R. re bank in the soil of an upland decidu- and East Tennessee State University. KNIGHT, T.L. WANG, A.J. TREWA- ous forest. Developmental anatomy and ultrastruc- VAS, and K.J. COVE. Leeds Univer- SCOTT LaGRECA* and RYTAS ture and the phylogeny of bryophytes. sity, Leeds and John Innes Institute, VILGALYS. Duke University. The sys- CONTRIBUTED PAPERS: Ecol- Norwich, UK. Physcomitrella patens: tematics of the Ramalina americana ogy of bryophytes and lichens. Joint a model organism for the study of plant chemotype complex: a preliminary session with the Bryological and development. phylogeny based on rDNA ITS se- Lichenological Section, BSA. NANCY KEVIN C. VAUGHN* and JOHN quence data. SLACK, Biology Department, Russell C. HOFFMAN. USDA/ARS. Develop- MARIA T. MOYA*, GARY J. Sage College, Troy, NY 12180 (518/ mental changes in cytoskeletal proteins BREKON, and FERNANDO J. BIRD. 377-7422), presiding. in bryophyte spermatogenous cells. Southern Illinois University and Uni- INES SASTRE-D.J. University of ROBERTO LIGRONE* and JEFF- versity of Puerto Rico. Genetic varia- Puerto Rico. Nutrient status of bryo- REY G. DUCKETT. Dipartimento di tion in Marchantia chenopoda L. in phyte communities on coarse woody Biologia Vegetale, Napoli, Italy, and Puerto Rico. debris in subtropical wet forests of Queen Mary and Westfield College, JAIME G. OAKLEY* and KAREN Puerto Rico. London, UK. Cytoplasmic polarity and S. RENZAGLIA. East Tennessee State CLIFFORD W. SMITH. University endoplasmic microtubules in food- con- University. Ultrastructure of the sper- of Hawai’i at Manoa. Spray zone ducting cells of bryophytes. matozoid of Haplomitrium mniodes. saxicolous lichen communities in STEVEN K. RICE* and PETER H. Monday evening, 8 August Hawai’i. SCHUEPP. Duke University and ABLS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SUSAN MOYLE STUDLAR* and McGill University, Quebec, Canada. MEETING SUZANNE McALISTER. West Vir- The influence of branch and leaf mor- ginia University. Bryophyte communi- phology on boundary layer resistance Tuesday morning, 9 August ties at Boehler Seeps, Oklahoma. in Sphagnum trinitense and S. recur- SYMPOSIUM (Continued from SUSAN WILL-WOLF*, BRUCE vum. Monday Afternoon): The Develop- McCUNE, JON DEY, JERI PECK, and ALISON WITHEY. Duke Univer- mental Biology of Bryophytes. Cospon- KARIN HEIMAN. University of Wis- sity. Developing a hypothesis of phylo- sored by the Bryological and Licheno- consin and Illinois Wesleyan University. No. 79, 1994 The Bryological Times 5 Regional gradients in lichen commu- Wednesday morning, 10 Au- GARY L. SMITH MERRILL. Field nity composition in southeastern USA. gust Museum of Natural History. An over- Tuesday afternoon, 9 August SYMPOSIUM: The Fields of view of the genus Atrichum in North Bryology and Lichenolgy: Current Sta- America. POSTER SESSION: The biology tus and Future Opportunities. Cospon- RICHARD W. SPJUT. World Bo- of bryophytes and lichens. Joint Session sored by the Bryological and Licheno- tanical Associates. What is a species of with the Bryological and Lichenological logical Section, BSA. Organized by Niebla (Ramalinaceae)? Section, BSA. KNOXVILLE CON- BRENT D. MISHLER, University and RAYMOND STOTLER. Southern VENTION CENTER, HALL #. Jepson Herbaria, Department of Inte- Illinois University. Richard Spruce: a MARGARET BASILE*, KEITH grative Biology, University of Califor- sampler of hepatic taxa that he collected ROBERTS, JAN PEART, and DOMI- nia, Berkeley, CA 94720 (510/642- and wrote upon. NICK BASILE. Lehman College 2740). CONTRIBUTED PAPERS: Ex- CUNY, Bronx, and John Innes Institute, EFRAIN DE LUNA. Flora de perimental and evolutionary bryology Norwich, UK. Detection and localiza- Veracruz, Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa, and lichenology. Joint session with the tion of plant cell surface arabinogalac- Veracruz, Mexico. The status of and Bryological and Lichenological Section, tan proteins by tissue printing. research opportunities in Latin Ameri- BSA. MARGARET R. BASILE, De- RICHARD D. HYERCZYK. St. can bryology. partment of Biological Sciences, Xavier University. The lichen flora of PAULA T. DePRIEST. National Lehman College-CUNY, Bronx, NY the Palos and Sag Valley Forest Pre- Museum of Natural History, Smithso- 10468 (718/960-8800), presiding. serves. nian Institution. Lichenology: chal- SHARON E. BARTHOLOMEW- JOHN McMURRAY. University of lenges and opportunites. BEGAN. West Chester University. California. Morphometric comparisons DALE H. VITT. Devonian Botanic Culture-induced phenovariations in among three species of the moss genus Garden, University of Alberta, Canada. sporelings of the Metzgeriidae (Hepa- Thelia (Leskeaceae). Applied bryology: possibilities for the tophyta). TAKAO NARUI*, CHICITA F. future. DAVID J. GARBARY* and KA- CULBERSON, WILLIAM LOUIS BRENT D. MISHLER. University REN A. MacDONALD. St. Francis CULBERSON, and SHOJI SHIBATA. and Jepson Herbaria, Department of Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Meiji College of Pharmacy, Setaga- Integrative Biology, University of Cali- Scotia, Canada. The brown seaweed ya-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Duke University; fornia. The future of bryology in North Ascophyllum nodosum is a lichen. and Shibata Laboratory of Natural Me- America. (Introduction of the speaker JAMES D. LAWREY. George Ma- dicinal Materials, c/o Minophagen by BARBARA M. THIERS.) son University. Chemical ecology of Co., Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Phy- hypocrealean lichen parasites. tochemical studies on the Umbilicari- Wednesday afternoon, 10 Au- LESLIE LEVERONE* and VALE- aceae (Ascomycotina, Lichens). gust RIE C. PENCE. Xavier University, and ROBERT J. THOMAS*, STEVE H. CONTRIBUTED PAPERS: Flo- Center for Reproduction of Endangered RYDER, MARK I. GARDNER, JONA- ristics and systematics of bryophytes Wildlife, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical THAN P. SHEETZ, and STEPHEN D. and lichens. Joint session with the Garden. Cryopreservation as a tool for NICHIPOR. Bates College. Photosyn- Bryological and Lichenological Section, germplasm preservation in bryophytes thetic function of moss leaf lamellae. BSA. LEWIS E. ANDERSON, Depart- and pteriodphytes. JASON W. WALKER*, TERRY A. ment of Botany, Duke University, Dur- CONSTANCE S. STUBBS. Univer- HEDDERSON, and RUSSELL L. ham NC 27708-0338 (919/684-2608), sity of Maine. Lichen morphology, in- CHAPMAN. Louisiana State Univer- presiding. sect morphology, and insect behavior sity. Phylogenetic relationships among FRANK D. BOWERS. University of affect insect-mediated dispersal of the major moss (Bryopsida) lineages Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Bryophytes of sorediate lichens. inferred from cladistic analysis of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. DALE H. VITT. Devonian Botanic nuclear-encoded rRNA sequences. PAUL G. DAVISON* and DAVID Garden, University of Alberta, Edmon- ABLS BUSINESS MEETING K. SMITH. University of North Ala- ton, Canada. Calomnion: diversification BUSINESS MEETING: BRYO- bama and University of Tennessee. Ad- and specialization on South Pacific is- LOGICAL AND LICHENOLOGI- ditions to the hepatic flora of the Aleu- lands. CAL SECTION, BSA. tian Islands, Alaska. LEE W. WILCOX*, LINDA E. Tuesday evening, 9 August JOHN J. ENGEL* and GARY L. GRAHAM, and MADELINE M. FISH- SMITH MERRILL. Field Museum of ABLS MIXER: Jointly with the ER. University of Wisconsin. Hexose Natural History. Studies of the Australa- Bryological and Lichenological Section, transport genes and proteins in charo- sian species of Telaranea (Lepidozia- BSA. (Cash bar) HILTON HOTEL. phycean algae and bryophytes: evolu- ceae, Hepaticae). tionary and ecological significance. 6 The Bryological Times No. 79, 1994 Boros, A., Járai-Komlódi, M., Among species I am familiar with, spe- New Tóth, Z. & Nilsson, S. 1993. An atlas cies such as Callicladium haldanianum, of recent European bryophyte spores. Calliergon cordifolium, Eurhynchium literature Scientia Publishing, Budapest. ISBN pulchellum, Hylocomium splendens, 963 8326 02 6. Available from: Zoltán Paludella squarrosa, Pleurozium Tóth, Department of Plant Taxonomy schreberi, Rhynchostegium megapoli- Caspari, S. 1994. Die Moosflora and Ecology, L. Eötvös University, tanum, Scorpidium revolvens, Warn- der Moore und Feuchtgebiete im Ludovika tér 2, H-1083 Budapest, storfia exannulata and W. fluitans are Südwestlichen Hunsrück. Limprich- Hungary. Price: US $ 40:- + postage frequently found with sporophytes in tia Bd. 3. 111 pp. and 100 grid maps. and handling US $ 10 (airmail 14:-). different parts of Sweden, although one Price DM 25 (US$ 15). Available from This is a second, expanded edition gets the impression from the informa- J.-P. Frahm, Universität Duisburg, of the atlas which appeared first in tion given that this is rare more or less FB 6, Botanik, D-47848 Duisburg, 1975. In the beginning of the book there throughout the ranges of the species. Germany. is a short introduction, where, i.a., the More examples could easily be found, more important details of spore struc- and the user of this book is strongly rec- Bhatla, S. C. 1994. Moss Protone- tures are outlined, and references are ommended to consult also other sources ma Differentiation. Research Studies given to more detailed treatments of for information about the habitat and Press, U.K. Price £51.00/$84.50. spore morphology. A bibliography (nine present day frequency of sporophytes. Available fromJohn Wiley & Sons pages) follows, but the main part of the The spore photos and descriptions Ltd, Baffins Lane, Chichester, West book, more than 290 of the 321 pages, are mostly detailed, and the included Sussex PO19 1UD, UK, or John is devoted to descriptions and photos genera which have more distinct spore Wiley & Sons (SEA) PTE, Ltd, 37 of spores from 227 European bryophyte surface patterns should be possible to Jalan Pemimpin #05-04, Block B, species. For 80 taxa, totally c. 120 SEM identify in the light microscope with the Union Industrial Building, Singapore photos of spores or spore structures have aid of the atlas. Unfortunately, many 2057. been added to the light microscope pho- taxa have very similar spores in the light tos present in the first edition and the microscope, and in these cases, SEM M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & A. J. nomenclature has been updated. For studies are probably necessary for cer- E. Smith. 1994. Atlas of the Bryo- each species information is given about tain identification, if at all possible. The phytes of Britain and Ireland, Vol. 3. their distribution, ecology (= habitat), new SEM photos clearly show the use- Mosses (Diplolepidae). Harley Books, frequency of sporophytes and sugges- fulness of this technique. The given Martins, Great Horkesley, Colches- tions regarding the probability to find spore size ranges that I checked are ter, CO6 4AH, United Kingdom. spores, spore morphology, chromosome mostly within the ranges given in flo- Hardcover. ISBN 0-946589-31-3. numbers and the collection data of the ras and revisions, although the user Price £27.50 to BBS members, £30.00 studied specimen. should be aware of the fact that the to others. The habitat preferences of the taxa, measurements given in the book are which are summarized under the head- based on only 30 spores from one speci- With this, the third volume of the ing ”Ecology”, and the frequencies men. This means that the complete size Atlas of the British and Irish bryo- given for sporophyte formation are ob- range of the species is usually not cov- phytes, more than thirty years of map- viously based on knowledge from a lim- ered, and the user must also check other ping work, is completed. The present ited geographical area in some cases. works to get this. The spore size range volume has an introductory chapter by Paludella squarrosa is hardly an given for Scorpidium revolvens (23.7- M. O. Hill and F. Dominguez Lozano, acidophilous species in southern Swe- 30.8 µm) must be due to some mistake, with a numerical analysis of the distri- den, where it is often found in mineral- since the size range for this species is bution of the liverworts in Great Brit- rich fens, whereas it grows both in min- 13.5-21.0 µm - also if S. cossoni is in- ain, attempting to explain which fac- eral-poor and mineral-rich places fur- cluded within this species. tors are the most important in determin- ther to the north. Meesia longiseta is Despite the critical comments above, ing the distributions of the species. The not acidophilous either, but grows usu- I believe that the spore atlas has been main part of the book is, of course, de- ally in rather mineral-rich and slightly greatly improved with the present edi- voted to the maps of the distributions nutrient-rich habitats. Scorpidium tion. The study of bryophyte spore struc- of the diplolepidous mosses, and to revolvens (s.str.) is not a calciphile, but ture is still in its infancy, and we know notes regarding their habitat, sexuality avoids more mineral-rich wetland habi- rather little or nothing about the details and distribution outside Britain and Ire- tats (thus, even if S. cossoni, which is a of the spore structure for most species, land. The British bryologists are cer- calciphile, is included in S. revolvens, which is regretted both by quaternary tainly to be envied for this accomplish- it cannot be considered calciphile). geologists and other users, such as tax- ment. [L.H.] onomists. It is only to be hoped that No. 79, 1994 The Bryological Times 7 more, and more detailed studies of partly based on more recently published America, or from adjoining parts of bryophyte spores will be performed in ideas. The illustrations are mostly of North and South America, and should the future. Awaiting this, the present high quality and occupy between a half be of great use also to many bryologists atlas is probably one of the best helps and a whole page for each species. In a from other areas of the world. [LH] existing for identifying European moss few cases, such as for Campylium spores. [LH] stellatum and Sanionia (Drepanocla- dus) uncinata, the figures seem to have Sharp, A. J., Crum, H. & Eckel, been prepared from untypical material European P. (Eds.) 1994. The Moss Flora of of the species. The descriptions are gen- Mexico. Memoirs of the New York erally accurate, but I noted that for bryologist: Would Botanical Garden, Vol. 69. ISBN 0- Conardia compacta there was no men- your research 89327-379-1. 1113 pages, with 809 tion of the frequent occurrence of plates, plus index, in a two-part hard- rhizoids growing from the back of the benefit from a cover set. Available from: The New stem leaf nerve, a feature which aids in York Botanical Garden, Scientific identifying this species also in the field. visit to Helsinki? Publications Department, Bronx, Besides the species already known from The European Community (EC) and New York 10458-5126, U. S. A. (Fax: Mexico, some additional ones that could the Department of Botany, University +1-718-220-6504). Price: US $ 195:- be expected to occur in the country are of Helsinki, have undersigned a contract + postage and handling. also included, often with rather full de- aiming at enhancing research and Eu- After about fifty years of work, in- scriptions. Further research in the ropean co-operation within the follow- cluding more than eighteen collecting Mexican bryoflora is thus expected and ing fields: 1) bryology, 2) lichenology, trips, The Moss Flora of Mexico has will sure bring several new and inter- and 3) monitoring of atmospheric pol- now been completed. Starting as a esting finds. lution and deposition using mosses and project to assess the affinities between In a flora of this size, mistakes or lichens as indicators. The contract rec- the floras of Mexico and the southern misprints can hardly be avoided com- ognizes the Department of Botany as a Appalachian Mountains, the final re- pletely. However, from the selected parts “Large Scale Facility,” based mainly on sult is a modern flora of an area that is that I have studied more carefully, there excellent moss and lichen herbaria, rather exotic to most people. The task seems to be few mistakes. The two most good libraries, and high standard of re- of completing this monumental work serious that I found are in the key to the search. According to the contract, the has been possible thanks to the efforts Cyrtohypnum species, where the species Department of Botany offers a total of of more than thirty contributors, and to are still called Thuidium (”T.”) and in 60 man-months for post-doctoral visit- the funding by Donald Richards and the altitude given for the find of ing scientists during the period May later by the U.S. National Science Foun- Campylophyllum (Campylium) halleri, 1994 - April 1998. All expenses con- dation. which is said to grow at 11,200 m alt in cerning travel, subsistence (e.g., accom- The Moss Flora of Mexico includes pine forest. modation, food), and research are cov- more than 850 species, which are de- As already mentioned, the Mexican ered by the financial support (total ECU scribed and illustrated. Keys are pro- moss flora shows affinities with the flora 100,000) from the EC. Standard re- vided from the orders downwards (to of the southern Appalachian Moun- search equipment, such as light micro- families, genera and species). There are tains, but naturally there are connec- scopes and microcomputers, will be pro- short overviews of the classes, sub- tions also with parts of Central and vided by the Department of Botany. classes and orders, but these are often South America. Several more wide- The contract presupposes that the not sufficient for placing a taxon within spread tropical or subtropical species visitors must be citizens of an EC mem- the right group, especially if only ster- occurring in Mexico occur also in other ber country, or of Sweden, Norway, Ice- ile material is available. This is obvi- continents, but for some species, such land or Austria. Selection of visitors to ously due to the lack of good circum- as Levierella perserrata, the distribu- Helsinki will be based on applications. scriptions of some of these higher taxa, tion patterns are not easily understood. These should include a concise research but it also means that it is often neces- Levierella perserrata is so far known plan (subject, methods, aims), curricu- sary to know in which order a speci- only from central and eastern Africa lum vitae, and the suggested duration men belongs before any key can be used. besides Mexico. and time of visit. The selection will be Although usually of little problem to the Despite the minor points above, I made by a “Selection Panel” set up for experienced bryologist, this may be a think the contributors to The Moss Flora this special purpose and consisting of disadvantage for those users who need of Mexico have good reasons to be the following persons: Prof. Timo it, e.g., as an aid in identification for proud of what they have accomplished. Koponen (project organizer, Univ. of ecological work. The arrangement of The flora is certainly a must for anyone the species is partly traditional and dealing with bryophytes from Central Cont’d p. 9 8 The Bryological Times No. 79, 1994 Red Book on Bryophyte Collecting Invitation Dear Colleagues, - regulations on deposit of specimens to a plenary meeting of the Euro- Today I read the Australasian in national herbaria, pean Committee for the Conserva- Bryological Newsletter No. 28, June - contact addresses of local bryologists tion of Bryophytes ECCB 1993, in which Allan Fife reported: who are willing to help in this re- During the constitution meeting of Bryologist Convicted of Illegal collect- gard. ECCB held in Uppsala in 1990 the ing in New Zealand. I am enclosing a I think it would be worth while to board was elected and his main tasks xerox copy of this article. compile such a list for every country, were determined. No further rules were I must confess that I was rather for which such information is needed set up. Therefore, the next meeting can frightened by this article. The same and available. While this would be per- involve again an ‘ad hoc’ circle during could have happened to me. If I had haps a project for the conservation col- the congress ‘Conservation of Bryo- travelled to New Zealand, I would not umn, it could also be proposed and dis- phytes in Europe’. have thought about obtaining collect- cussed at the IBC at the next biennial The board invites all European ing permits as I would have in tropical meeting to get official approval. The bryologists, professionals or not, to at- countries. And as an editor of an information could be gathered and be tend the second meeting of ECCB. It exsiccate series I would have also gath- published in a small “Red Book” for will be held on 6th September 1994 at ered enough for 50 duplicate specimens. bryophyte collecting. I have expressed 8.00 p.m. in the Institute of Systematic I was also astonished that Allen Fife several times my hesitation that too Botany, University of Zürich, Botani- apparently supports the regulation that many activities in the conservation of cal Garden, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH- it is forbidden to collect bryophytes “on bryophytes will finally result in sharp 8008 Zürich, Switzerland. public land”, since I have grown up with restriction for scientific collecting. Non Agenda: the right to collect wherever I wanted, commercial bryophyte collecting is usu- 1 Report of the chairman with the exception of National Parks ally confined to scientific purposes. It 2 The next steps of ECCB (which do not exist in the strict sense will end in unnecessary complications 3 Elections in Europe). As well, a fine of $1190 to obtain permits and to export speci- 4 Varia New Zealand currency (which must be mens, as it is already the case in sev- Participants of the congress are sup- about $1000 US) seems to be rather eral countries. If I, or some of the seri- posed to attend. Please let us know if high. Illegal hunters and polluters of the ous amateur bryologists in the world, you would like to attend the ECCB environment pay less elsewhere. take a charter flight to a tropical coun- meeting without participation in the I therefore have several proposals: try and collect here and there along the congress. 1. This article should be reprinted roadside during a one week vacation, it E. Urmi in the Bryological Times for informa- will be forbidden without having ap- Chairman of ECCB tion to potential collectors in New Zea- plied for a permit, which an amateur my own experience, it can take a week land (as a warning). It may also raise will usually not get (or even be able to to get everything managed only for ex- discussion about the sense of such regu- get). If I come across an interesting area port. This may be tolerable during a lations. along a highway and it is preserved, I research project but will not be possi- 2. Now I am not sure where else in will not be allowed to take a bit of ble during a short stop in a country, on the world bryophyte collecting is for- bryophytes without having applied for vacations, or for an amateur. If a stone bidden. For this purpose it would be a permit several months ago with a cur- is kicked, it rolls. And the conservation very useful to have a compilation of all riculum vitae list of publications, pass- activities of bryologists will make it available information concerning: port photograph, number and size of impossible for themselves to collect in - restrictions of collecting, whether in specimens to be collected, detailed ex- the future. The more conservation ac- preserved areas, national parks, etc., planation of the purpose, and etc. If I tivities, the more collecting activities or in general, come with a paper bag of bryophytes to will be killed. The protection of Sphag- - list of conserved bryophyte species the airport and want to go through the num, Leucobryum, and Dicranum in in individual countries, customs, I have to fill out forms, argue Germany has led to the consequence - information where to apply for a col- that bryophytes are (not yet!) on the that these mosses may no longer be used lecting permit and what is needed for CITES list, argue that my specimens are in identification courses, bryophytes the application, not those which are conserved, bring courses, plant anatomy or plant physi- - export regulations: where the speci- them to the veterinary inspection, to the ology courses. Is this what the conser- mens have to be delivered for pest fumigation, show them to the bureau- vationists want? Perhaps not, but they control, customs, etc.; which forms crats in the research ministry, get do not have it under control anymore. are necessary; what it costs; and how stamps, export permits, and etc. This is If a stone is kicked, it rolls.... long it takes, already reality in several countries. In Jan-Peter Frahm No. 79, 1994 The Bryological Times 9 The Richard Spruce DIARY Cont’d. collections in 2356, ext 326; Fax (802) 635-7614. MANCH October 2-8. VI Congreso Latinoamericano de Botanica to be held at Mar del Plata, Argentina. Further information from Celina M. Matteri, Museo Arg. Cs. Not only does MANCH have Nat. B. Rivadavia, Av Angel Gallardo 470, C.C. 220, 1405 Buenos Aires, Ar- Spruce’s own large personal herbarium, gentina. Fax: (54) 1 982 4494 or (54) 1 982 5243. together with (and including) sets of his Hepaticae Spruceanae: Amazonicae et November 24-29. 10th John Child Bryophyte Workshop, Waipoua Forest, North Andinae, his Musci Amazonici et Auckland, New Zealand. Further information from Lisa Forester, Department of Andini, and substantial lichen collec- conservation, P.O.Box 842, Whangarei, New Zealand. tions, but there is also a collection of 1995 his letters and maps and other docu- April 5-12. Spring field meeting at Ambleside, Cumbria. Further information ments which may interest Spruceolo- from Peter Bullard. Work address: Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Cumbria, LA22 0BU gists more than bryologists. Phone 05394 32476. Home address: 36 Castle Garth, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7AT The material came to Manchester Phone 0539 732699. mostly in 1919, nearly 26 years after August 7-12. Tropical Bryophytes: Biology, Diversity and Conservation. IAB his death. Matthew Slater was Spruce’s Conference in Mexico City (see BT77). Contact C. Delgadillo, Instituto de Biologia, botanical executor and he had inherited UNAM, Apartado Postal 70-233, Del. Coyoacan, 04510 Mexico, D.F.Mexico, Fax Spruce’s massive personal herbarium; (525)555-1760, email: [email protected]. when Slater died it was W. H. Pearson 1996 who ultimately effected the transfer. August 4-8. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the British Bryological Soci- The large Spruce collections number ety, a symposium entitled ‘Innovations in bryophyte research’ will be taking place over 16,500 items and comprise: at the University of Glasgow. Contributions will be invited shortly. The BBS sum- - his personal herbarium of liver- mer field meeting in west will take place immediately afterwards in the west and worts: 8,264 central Highlands. - additional liverworts such as dis- tributed sets: ~ 700 - estimate of total plant collections: - his personal herbarium of mosses: 2,000,000 Visit to Helsinki ~ 5,000 - total liverworts: 34,346 Cont’d from p.7 - additional mosses in distributed - all Spruce liverworts (personal set: 289 herbarium and Hepaticae Spruce- - his personal herbarium of lichens: anae): 8,971 Helsinki); Prof. Teuvo Ahti (Univ. of ~ 2,000 - of which Spruce liverworts desig- Helsinki); Dr. Ahti Mäkinen (Univ. of - documentation such as letters and nated TYPE: 924 Helsinki); Prof. Dr. Jan-Peter Frahm maps: ~ 300 These figures (as well as those of (Univ. Duisburg); and Dr. Harrie J. M. The liverworts, which form the bulk our foreign Flowering Plants etc.) are Sipman (Bot. Garten und Bot. Museum of the Spruce material, are largely from on a computer database. A comprehen- Berlin-Dahlem). If considered neces- Spruce’s fifteen years in South America sive account of Manchester Spruce ma- sary, visits can be arranged fairly rap- (June 1849 to June 1864), but also from terial is given in the chapter Spruce in idly after approval of application. The his years in the Pyrenees (April 1845 Manchester: Manchester Museum Her- applicants will normally be informed of to April 1846) and elsewhere, and also barium (with an appendix on Manches- approval or rejection within one month include specimens collected by others. ter City Library by Prof. Brian Fox), in from the date of receipt of application. The mosses are more or less equally the forthcoming volume Richard Spruce Applications should be sent to Prof. divided between British and non-Brit- (1817-1893), Botanist and Explorer, Timo Koponen, Department of Botany, ish collections, and the lichens are edited by M. R. D. Seaward and to be P.O. Box 7, FIN-00014 University of mostly from the Pyrenees. There are published jointly by The Royal Botanic Helsinki, Finland. In case of any que- also a few flowering plants and ferns. Gardens, Kew and the Linnean Soci- ries, please contact Johannes Enroth The following data give an indication ety. (address as above, fax +358 0 708 of the significance of the Spruce Dr. S. R. Edwards, Herbarium, 4830). liverwort collection in MANCH in the Manchester Museum, The University, context of the total collections: Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. No. 77, 1994 The Bryological Times 10

The Bryologial Times is a news- Send contributions to: letter published bimonthly for the In- D. H. Vitt, University of Alberta, ternational Association of Bryologists. Department of Botany, Edmonton, Items for publication are to be sent to DIARYAlberta, Canada TG6 2E9 the Editors (preferably LH), except for 1994 those for the regular columns, which may go direct to the column editors July 10-15 (tentative). Workshop on Chinese Bryophytes and Lichens. Place: Deadlines for material to the Bryol. Shengyang, China. Contact Officers: Cao Tong, Department of Plant Resources, Times will be January 15, March 15, Institute of Applied Ecology, Academia Sinica, Shenyang 110015, China and May 15, July 15, September 15 and No- Lai Ming-Jou, Institute of Landscae Architecture, Tunghai University, P. O. vember 15 with the publication shortly Box 1-4, Sanchung, Taiwan 241. afterwards. Shorter notes may be ac- July 13-27. BBS Summer meeting in Ireland. Based at Ballyvaughan, County cepted later if there is still space. Clare, for the first week and Clifden, County Galway, for the second week. Further information from Donal Synnott, Botany Section, National Botanic Editors Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland. Phone 353 1374 388. Lars Hedenäs, Dept of Crypt. Bot., Swedish Mus. of Nat. Hist., Box 50007, July 18-28. The 1994 field meeting of the Dutch Bryologische en Lichenolo- S-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. gische Werkgroep van de KNNV will be held in SW Carinthia, Austria. The meeting will be based at Weissbriach, c. 15 km W of Villach in the Gailtaler FAX +46 8 666 42 21. Alpen. Excursions will be extended to the Karnische Alpen, near the Italian E-mail [email protected] border, and to the Kreuzeckgruppe of Hohe Tauern in the north. Further infor- Lars Söderström, Dept. of Bot., mation from Leo Spier, Kon. Arthurpad 8, 3813 HD Amersfoort, The Nether- Univ. of Trondheim, N-7055 Dragvoll, lands, or Othmar Breuß, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Botan. Abt., Burg- Norway. ring 7, Wien, Austria. FAX +47 73 59 61 00. August 7-11. American Bryological and Lichenological Society Annual E-mail [email protected] Meeting will be held in Knoxville, Tennessee. Further information from: Chicita F. Culberson, Department of Botany, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706. Assistant Editor Henrik Weibull, Uppsala. August 26-31. Bryologisch-Lichenologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mitteleuropa, annual fieldtrip in Carinthia, Austria. Details can be obtained Column Editors from Dr. Adolf Schriebl, A 9412 St. Margarethen 200, Austria. J.-P. Frahm & B. O’Shea (computer tech- niques); J. M. Glime (ecology); T. Hallingbäck & September 4-9. International Symposium: Endangered Bryophytes II, to- E. Urmi (conservation); A. R. Perry (news from gether with the meeting of the European Committee of Conservation of Bryo- the herbaria); T. Pócs (tropical bryology); M. L. phytes. Zürich. For information contact: E. Urmi, Inst. für Systematische Sargent (techniques); J. Vána & W. R. Buck (floristics and phytogeography); D. H. Vitt (diary, Botanik, Zollikerstr. 107, CH-8008 Zürich. Phone: (41)1/385.44.41. Fax: (41) best book buys, taxonomy). 1 385 42 04. September 9-12. Excursion to Wägital (Schwyz, northern prealps) with the The Bryological Times, founded in 1980 by Stanley Wilson Greene (1928-1989), is distributed Swiss Bryological and Lichenological Association’s annual field trip. Further from Beijing (China), Canberra (Australia), Ed- information from Patricia Geissler, Cons. & Jardin Botaniques, Case postale monton (Canada), Eger (Hungary), Geneva (Swit- 60, CH-1292-Chambésy, Switzerland. zerland), Hiroshima (Japan), Moscow (Russia), Praha (Czech republic), St. Louis (USA) and September 10-11. Excursion to Schonnen (the Netherlands) with the Dutch Trondheim (Norway). Bryological and Lichenological Society to look at coastal dunes. Contact Dr. A. Aptroot, G. v. d. Veenstr. 107, NL-3762 XK Soest, the Netherlands. All Production DBLS are open for non-members. Lars Söderström, Trondheim September 23-25. Annual General Meeting and Symposium Meeting, Pres- ton Montford Field Centre, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Further information from Dr. Martha Newton, Department of Botany, Liverpool Museum, William Brown For details regarding membership Street, Liverpool L3 8EN, U.K. Phone 051 2070001. of to International Association of Bry- Late September. LeRoy Andrews Foray. The 19th Annual Foray will be ologists (currently US $ 10.- per year) held in southern New Hampshire in southern New Hampshire. Further infor- write to Dale H. Vitt, Department of mation from: Cyrus B. McQueen, Department of Environmental Sciences, Botany, University of Alberta, Edmon- Bently Hall, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT 05656. Phone (802) 635- ton, Alberta, Canada TG6 2E9. Continued page 11