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Re: [BRYONET] Burns Bog

2010-01-03T21:58:00.000-08:00

Burns Bog is a very large (and endangered) peat bog located in Delta,
British Columbia. If anyone would like more information about Burns Bog, you
can find the

Burns Bog Ecosystem Review at

http://a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/epic/documents/p60/1036434231789_16af42884ae64e0f8553d621be48be92.pdf

A list of vascular plants, mosses, liverworts and lichens at Burns Bog is
found in Appendix E.

http://a100.gov.bc.ca/appsdata/epic/documents/p60/d11998/1111532408322_ddb9dec9a41c455d9770937da0ae63c0.pdf

Lee Ellis

[BRYONET] Burns Bog - your opinion

2009-12-31T08:37:00.001-08:00

Dear Bryonetters,
I have just forwarded to you a message asking for a contribution to
support Burns Bog. I don't normally forward solicitations, but this one
is bryological. This is your list. Should I forward such requests that
relate to bryophytes, even if they do not come from a member of the list?
Janice

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[BRYONET] the formal first circular of the International Symposium in China

2009-12-31T05:01:00.000-08:00

Dear all,

Recently, Dr. J.-C. Wei, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Editor in Chief of the Editorial Committee of the Cryptogamic Flora of China, decided to hold a symposium on Systematic Lichenology and Bryology in Zhejiang University, Hangzhou city (just south of Shanghai) in the middle August of 2010.

Prof. P.-C. Wu, as Dr. Wei's assistant, is organizing the symposium and wishes you to join the meeting and to present your ideas and studies, which will be benefit to the Chinese also world bryology and lichenology, and specially to the young bryologists and lichenologists. The coming meeting to be held in China will be convenient to more bryologists and lichenologists to join the meeting and listen to different methods and studies and exchange the ideas.

The first circular and the registration form are attached.

Looking forward to seeing you in Hangzhou

Yours sincerely,

Qing-Hua Wang

Secretary of the bryological sect.

International Symposium on Systematic Lichenology & Bryology

Institute of Botany

the Chinese Academy of Sciences

20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, P. R. China

email: qinghua2699@yahoo.com.cn

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[BRYONET] bryological conference in Vladivostok

2009-12-29T22:42:00.000-08:00

Dear colleagues!

We are happy to invite you to take a part in the International conference "Bryoflora of the Russian Far East: taxonomy, genesis, phytogeographic relations". The conference is scheduled on the 3-12th of September 2010, Vladivostok, Russia. The first circular is attached.

Sincerely yours,

Vadim Bakalin and Valentina Cherdantseva

[BRYONET] English translation of Maier 2009?

2009-12-29T08:59:00.000-08:00

Dear Bryonet,

I wonder if anyone has an english translation of the below article (or at least the key included within) please?

Maier, E. 2009. Grimmia in Europe: an identification key. Herzogia 22: 229-302.

Many thanks for any help and seasons greetings.

Best wishes,

Des

[BRYONET] abt authors

2009-12-29T03:41:00.000-08:00

Dear bryonet friends

In a reference entitled as "Medical ministry of rear service department, Kunming military area. Selected medicinal herbs of Yunnan. Tianjin People's press and printing factory, Tianjin 1970" authors are "Yun Nan Zhong Cao Yao Xuan".

To me it sounds that there are two authors instead of one as mentioned in paper entitled "Ethnobryology: traditional use & folk classification of brophyes" written by J K Harris. I will appreciate if any one of you please clarify me about it.

WE WISH YOU ALL MARRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.

With Regards

Dinesh K. Saxena

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RE: [BRYONET] Fissidens query

2009-12-28T01:55:00.000-08:00

These are small tubers –the first image shows large lipid droplets inside the cells. The last image shows that they are produced from rhizoidal side branches cf chytrid galls which are terminal.

The images in the following papers may be helpful.

Best Wishes

Jeff

Duckett, J.G. & Pressel, S. (2003) Studies of protonemal morphogenesis in mosses IX. Discelium nudum: exquisite adaptation to unstable claybanks. Journal of Bryology. 25, 241-246.

Martinez-Abaigar, J. Nunez-Olivera, E. Matcham, H.W.& Duckett, J.G.(2005) Interactions between parasitic fungi and mosses: pegged and swollen-tipped rhizoids in Bryum and Funaria. Journal of Bryology,27,47-53.

Jeffrey G.Duckett, BA PhD (Cantab.), Emeritus Professor of Botany, School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Fogg Building, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS Tel: (++44)(0)207 609 4287 email: j.g.duckett@qmul.ac.uk and Dept of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London,SW7

From: Zhang Li [mailto:zhangli@scib.ac.cn]
Sent: 24 December 2009 10:16
To: bryonet-l@mtu.edu
Cc: zhangli
Subject: [BRYONET] Fissidens query

Dear bryofriends,

Happy Christmas and Happy New Year!

I came across a tiny Fissidens species from Macao, Southern China. The most peculiar characters are: 1) There are something similar to protonemata developed from rhizoids, I’d like to know if they are protonemata or not? 2) There are some rounded bodies attached on the rhizoids, are they tubers? Four images attached show the details.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

ZHANG, Li

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Dr. ZHANG, Li
Fairylake Botanical Garden
160 Xianhu Road, Liantang, Shenzhen 518004
Guangdong, China
Tel:+86-755-2570 0496
http://www.szbg.org
http://bryophytes.plant.siu.edu/Images.html
http://www.hkflora.com
E-mails: zhangli@scib.ac.cn, zhangli@szum.gov.cn, zhangli@graduate.hku.hk, zhangli_siu@yahoo.com
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Re: [BRYONET] Fissidens query

2009-12-26T17:13:00.000-08:00

Zang,

I cannot see cell walls on the tuber-like structures, which points me towards the possibility that they are nematode galls, or something similar.

Ken

----- Original Message -----

From: Redfearn, Paul L Jr

To: bryonet-l@mtu.edu

Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 2:58 PM

Subject: RE: [BRYONET] Fissidens query

Zang:

I am not sure what this species is. I do not recall ever seeing what these structures are. Have you sent them to Si He. He may be able to help you.

Paul

From: Zhang Li [zhangli@scib.ac.cn]
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 4:15 AM
To: bryonet-l@mtu.edu
Cc: zhangli
Subject: [BRYONET] Fissidens query

Dear bryofriends,

Happy Christmas and Happy New Year!

I came across a tiny Fissidens species from Macao, Southern China. The most peculiar characters are: 1) There are something similar to protonemata developed from rhizoids, I'd like to know if they are protonemata or not? 2) There are some rounded bodies attached on the rhizoids, are they tubers? Four images attached show the details.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

ZHANG, Li

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Dr. ZHANG, Li
Fairylake Botanical Garden
160 Xianhu Road, Liantang, Shenzhen 518004
Guangdong, China
Tel:+86-755-2570 0496
http://www.szbg.org
http://bryophytes.plant.siu.edu/Images.html
http://www.hkflora.com
E-mails: zhangli@scib.ac.cn, zhangli@szum.gov.cn,  zhangli@graduate.hku.hk, zhangli_siu@yahoo.com
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RE: [BRYONET] Fissidens query

2009-12-26T14:58:00.000-08:00

Zang:

I am not sure what this species is. I do not recall ever seeing what these structures are. Have you sent them to Si He. He may be able to help you.

Paul

From: Zhang Li [zhangli@scib.ac.cn]
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 4:15 AM
To: bryonet-l@mtu.edu
Cc: zhangli
Subject: [BRYONET] Fissidens query

Dear bryofriends,

Happy Christmas and Happy New Year!

I came across a tiny Fissidens species from Macao, Southern China. The most peculiar characters are: 1) There are something similar to protonemata developed from rhizoids, I'd like to know if they are protonemata or not? 2) There are some rounded bodies attached on the rhizoids, are they tubers? Four images attached show the details.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

ZHANG, Li

[BRYONET] Christmas

2009-12-25T22:32:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Hope dinner went well!

Terry

[BRYONET] Merry Christmas Greetings

2009-12-25T03:46:00.000-08:00

[BRYONET] Fissidens query

2009-12-24T02:15:00.000-08:00

Dear bryofriends,

Happy Christmas and Happy New Year!

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

ZHANG, Li

Visits to IAB blog 2009

2009-12-23T18:22:00.000-08:00

	Page Loads	Unique Visitors	First Time Visitors	Returning Visitors
Total	10,658	6,258	4,906	1,352
Average	888	522	409	113

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[BRYONET] BFNA Generic Index

2009-12-22T10:58:00.000-08:00

Holiday greetings to you all.

As a present to all of you on Bryonet, attached is a pdf form of a generic index to the Bryophyte Flora of North America. It is sized so that you can glue it onto the inside of the back cover, covering the map that is also on the inside of the front cover. It can also be found on my website http://bryolog.com/treatment.html under "More"

Ken

Ken Kellman
9870 Brookside Ave
Ben Lomond, CA 95005
(831) 336-8548
kkellman@sbcglobal.net

[BRYONET] moss gardening

2009-12-22T08:55:00.000-08:00

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: bryonet posting
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:53:04 -0500
From: Annie Martin <mossinannie@gmail.com>
To: Janice Glime <jmglime@mtu.edu>, IAB Bryophyte Forum
<bryonet-L@mtu.edu>

TO: IAB Members

As I continue on my journey to promote mosses, I wanted to share my
progress with my bryologist friends this holiday season. My version of
the Yule Log will air today, December 22, 2009, on WLOS-TV in Asheville,
NC on Noon News, Craft Corner segment. If you miss it live, then it can
be accessed later at their Web site. Other segments already aired can be
viewed:

Holiday Moss Centerpiece http://wlos.com/newsroom/craft_corner/vid_371.shtml

Moss Fairy Garden http://wlos.com/newsroom/craft_corner/vid_300.shtml

Zen Moss Garden http://wlos.com/newsroom/craft_corner/vid_319.shtml

Moss Birdhouses http://wlos.com/newsroom/craft_corner/vid_310.shtml

/Still to come/ – Moss Terrarium – What got me started as a child so
many years ago!

On a more academic note, I've added LOTS of photographs to my bryophyte
gallery at my Web site:

www.mountainmoss.com/gallery <http://www.mountainmoss.com/gallery>

Since I am focused on mosses that have horticultural applications in
sustainable landscapes, you'll find examples of "weedy" mosses – those
that grow quickly and are tolerant of both shade and sun exposures. I
have captured images of mosses in a variety of growth stages and
sporophytic states. Also, I've posted some Before/After shots of moss
garden features. Finally, I'm adding documentation of the expansion of
my moss garden installed last winter between Thanksgiving and New
Year's. Indeed, moss gardening in the winter can result in success for
year-round enjoyment. As always, I welcome your feedback or comments.

Mountain Moss Enterprises offers educational programs and a full range
of services as part of my commitment to promoting the advantages of
mosses. So, I keep trekking along my path toward my moss goals with:

* Lectures and workshops providing guidelines for moss gardening and
insight about common bryophyte types.
* Creative moss installations transforming basic landscapes into
verdant green moss features to enjoy through all the seasons. The
latest feature in Cashiers, NC was a Christmas present and
surprise... luckily, completed before the snow blanketed western
North Carolina last week.
* My own moss propagation experiment.
* Prototype rainwater harvesting/solar power/misting irrigation
system for a sustainable approach to moss gardening.
* I am hoping that Santa will bring me a microscope to aid in my
efforts to identify bryophytes types. I am indebted to bryologists
from the halls of academia for sharing your expertise with me. FYI
– I found my first hornwort, Phaeoceros carolinianus, graciously
identified by Paul Davison.

While relaxing yesterday, I ran across this quote and wanted to share it
with you.

/It is remarkable how little any but a lichenist will observe on the
bark of trees. The mass of men have but the vaguest and most indefinite
notion of mosses, as a sort of shreds and fringes, and the world in
which the lichenist dwells is much further from theirs than one side of
he earth from the other. They see bark as if they saw it not. . . ./
Henry David Thoreau, Journal, November 8, 1858

Wishing each of you a joyful holiday.

Your moss friend,

Mossin' Annie

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mossinannie@gmail.com <mailto:mossinannie@gmail.com>
Mountain Moss Enterprises
40 Holly Ridge Road
Pisgah Forest, NC 28768
+1.828.577.1321
www.mountainmoss.com <http://www.mountainmoss.com>

Moss mirrors the intricacies of your inner self.

[BRYONET] seeking Marchantia polymorpha plants]

2009-12-21T20:25:00.000-08:00

If you can provide specimens, please copy your response to Carole Bewley
<CaroleB@intra.niddk.nih.gov>

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Fwd: seeking Marchantia polymorpha plants
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:47:35 -0600
From: Matt Von Konrat <mkonrat@fieldmuseum.org>
To: Janice M. Glime <jmglime@mtu.edu>
CC: CaroleB@intra.niddk.nih.gov

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On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Bewley, Carole (NIH/NIDDK) [E]
<CaroleB@intra.niddk.nih.gov
<mailto:CaroleB@intra.niddk.nih.gov><mailto:CaroleB@intra.niddk.nih.gov
<mailto:CaroleB@intra.niddk.nih.gov>>> wrote:

Dear Matt,

I came across the LiTol website and your contact information while
searching for specimens of liverworts, namely Marchantia polymorpha.
I'm a PI at the National Institutes of Health, and we work on natural
products from marine invertebrates. My grad student is studying
compounds from a marine alga that are related to those reported from
Marchantia, so we would like to isolate and compare those with the
marine-derived compounds. I'm writing to ask if your program has access
to these bryophytes, and whether someone can send a specimen (living) to
me. We would expand it here in my lab and study the chemistry along the
way.

If you can help, or can refer me to someone that might have these in
hand, I would be very grateful.

With kind regards,
Carole Bewley

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[BRYONET] Bryophyte and lichen workshops presented by the Jepson Herbarium. part II

2009-12-21T18:46:00.000-08:00

The Jepson Herbarium Public Education Program presents

two campus-based workshops in bryophytes and lichens:

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Introduction to Bryophytes

March 6-7, 2010

Brent D. Mishler and Ken Kellman

Location: Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Berkeley and East Bay Regional Parks

The bryophytes are a diverse group of land plants of small stature but large ecological impact. There are some 23,000 described species worldwide, making it the largest group of land plants except for the flowering plants. The group includes three phylogenetically distinct lineages: mosses, hornworts, and liverworts. The bryophytes are generally considered a "key" group in our understanding of how the modern land plants (the embryophytes) are related to each other phylogenetically and how they came to conquer the hostile land environment. Although the bryophytes display much species diversity, a major limitation in the use of bryophytes as study organisms has been the lack of basic floristic, ecological, and alpha-taxonomic knowledge of the plants in many regions, of which California and the southwestern United States are the most poorly known in North America.

The first day, participants will learn about basic bryophyte biology, some simple but necessary microtechniques in the lab, and look at the basic structure of bryophytes along with taxonomically useful characteristics. The second day, after a morning lab session, the class will caravan to a field site and learn to identify at least major bryophyte groups and discuss and observe their general ecology and evolutionary features. Participants should be prepared to hike up to 4 miles on Sunday.

Course fee $235/$260

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The Genus Racomitrium

April 17-18

David Wagner

Location: Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Berkeley and East Bay Regional Parks

The moss genus Racomitrium as traditionally circumscribed is widespread in western North America. It is easily recognized by distinctive leaf and sporophyte characters. Identifying species is, however, notoriously difficult because of extensive variation within species and close similarity among species. Breaking the genus down into smaller genera, as done in the Flora of North America, does not help with species identification. This workshop will emphasize preparing leaf sections for keying using vegetative characters, with special focus on an illustrated HTML key developed by the instructor. Copious practice material will be provided; participants are encouraged to bring their own specimens for supervised keying. Participants are also encouraged to bring their personal laptops for using the HTML keys on the lab bench.

Course fee $235/$260

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See: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/2010/index.html for registration information.

Contact for both workshops:

Cecile Shohet

Public Education, Coordinator

Jepson Herbarium, UC Berkeley

1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg

Berkeley, CA 94720-24655

phone (510) 643-7008

email cshohet@berkeley.edu

[BRYONET] Bryophyte and lichen workshops presented by the Jepson Herbarium

2009-12-21T14:24:00.000-08:00

The Jepson Herbarium Public Education Program presents

two field workshops in bryophytes and lichens:

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1. An Opportunity to Study Tropical Bryophytes at Nectandra Cloud Forest in Costa Rica, with Dan Norris

March 11-22, 2010

About the Course

Tropical Bryology will be taught at the Nectandra Cloud Forest Garden, a Biological Preserve dedicated to the conservation of montane cloud forest. This preserve protects about 175 acres of pristine, primary cloud forest near San Ramon in Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (see: http://www.nectandra.org/index.htm). The goal of the course is to prepare participants to do field recognition of the major genera of mosses, liverworts and hornworts of the Costa Rican cloud forest. Skills in laboratory identification to species are also predicted. Field collecting trips will take us to all parts of the Nectandra Forest. There are about 5 miles of excellent and easy trails on the Nectandra forest from which we will begin our studies, and by mid-course we will survey high elevation lands within only a few hours drive. There will be at least one field trip to high elevations.

Participants in the course will work with completed keys written by Norris for the liverworts, hornworts and mosses that he has documented for the Nectandra Cloud Forests. A reference collection of identified Nectandra bryophytes will be available for comparison. Appropriate additional literature will be available in the laboratory. There is an excellent catalogue of the biota of the forest with special coverage of ferns and vascular plants. Arrayed along the trails of the Nectandra forest are signposts with identification of nearly 100 species of vascular plants, mostly trees. Participants will be introduced to the vascular plants of Nectandra the first morning of the workshop.

The trip is planned for March 11- 22, 2010 to take advantage of the dry season and for those in academia – spring break! All seasons have pleasant temperatures that range primarily in the 60 's to 70's F. Because a trip to distant Costa Rica should be of sufficient duration to allow serious learning, we scheduled 11 days for the course with 2 free days inserted so that each 3 planned days of study are followed by a free day. The price of the class will be $1700 (course, lodging and meals), air-fare is an additional expense. Participants will fly to San Jose International Airport, Costa Rica. To register interest: inform Cecile Shohet at cshohet@berkeley.edu.

Required text: Guide to the Bryophytes of Tropical America, by S. Robbert Gradstein and Steven Churchill, et al., published by the Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden ($30). To order this text: http://www.nybgshop.org/Guide-to-the-Bryophytes-of-Tropical-America-p-18447.html

About the Instructors

The course will be taught by Dr. Dan Norris of the University Herbarium, UC Berkeley, with Juan Larraín, CONC Herbarium, University of Concepción, Chile, assisting.

Dr. Norris is the author of many journal articles in bryology with emphasis on taxonomy of California and Papua New Guinea mosses. He wrote with Jim Shevock the keys and catalogues to the mosses of California (Madroño 2004), and has amplified that with a micro- photographic book on California mosses (with Bill and Nancy Malcolm and Jim Shevock). In the neo-tropics, his publications derive from trips to Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. Dan taught annual university-level courses in bryology at Humboldt State University for 24 years. He also has experience in teaching advanced students: thesis direction at Humboldt and numerous short-duration bryology courses for professional botanists and foresters. His field experience in the Neo- and the Paleotropics included the collection of about 30,000 herbarium numbers from tropical areas. Three weeks of study on the Nectandra Forest have prepared him for the course, as well as countless hours in his UC Berkeley lab.

Juan Larraín is a doctoral student at Universidad de Concepción, Chile, in his last year of study, working with the phylogeny of the moss genus Racomitrium and a taxonomic revision of the 20 species that grow in South America. He has been working on this group since 2000, and has been the curator of bryophytes at CONC herbarium since 2006.

Nectandra Institute Preserve

Nectandra Cloud Forest Garden, near San Ramon in Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (see: http://www.nectandra.org/index.htm), is the name of Nectandra Institute's Biological Preserve. Their mission is to promote the conservation and restoration of the montane cloud forest ecosystems of Costa Rica through public education, scientific research, and watershed stewardship. The preserve is special – it is private, few people have the opportunity to visit and get into the "interior", as only a small portion of the preserve is open to the public by reservation. It protects about 70 hectares (175 acres) of undisturbed pristine, primary cloud forest, and an equal amount of secondary cloud forest. The area is ideal for bryologists – incredible diversity, due to the wetness and coolness of the climate.

Evelyne and David Lennette, originally from Berkeley, California, founded the Nectandra Institute for the conservation of the montane cloud forest. The preserve includes a meeting center and a laboratory in an otherwise pristine forest of about 3/4 of a square mile, to host and educate conservation groups. It is bounded on three sides by grazing land but it abuts on one side with large tracts of pristine forest.

Nectandra Cloud Forest Garden is relatively isolated, with nothing commercial nearby. There is a "soda" (local name for a eatery operated by 1-2 persons) 2+ mi down the road, but that is it. Telecommunication from the garden is almost non-existent. There are no phone lines; cell phones work from few spots, infrequently – when one has access to Costa Rican cell phone service. There are no public health concerns to be aware of when traveling to Costa Rica.

Accomodations

We will be staying at a special spot - Arturo's Casa Angeles Bed & Breakfast, which has a 270 degree view – from which you can see the nearby volcano, Arenal; as well as the Pacific Ocean in the distance. It is 7 kilometers from the bed and breakfast to the Nectandra Cloud Forest Garden Preserve (where class will be held). Arturo's is by far the closest and most comfortable place to stay in the area. Most importantly, it is hosted by Costa Ricans, which will allow for after class social mingling among the participants and the Tico (local word for Costa Rican) hosts, in a relatively homey atmosphere. There are three large bedrooms with private baths (that can accommodate up to 4 each) and 4 smaller rooms for 2 persons each (one with private bath and the other three share a bath). The rooms are all different, with individualized furnishing. There is limited wireless Internet access – which is good for emailing but of limited strength for quick web browsing). There is a public bus stop in front of the B&B if anyone wants to go off on their own. Taxi service is plentiful and quite inexpensive (e.g. about $8 - 9 per trip to San Ramon for a 7 km ride). If shared 3 ways, taxi's are almost as cheap as buses.

The food will be delicious - prepared by a local caterer, and will be authentic Costa Rican cuisine.

Classroom

The class will be held in the Nectandra Cloud Forest Garden, in a meeting room that is about 700 sq ft large, equipped with flat screen and/or digital projection for power point presentations. There will be both dissecting and compound microscopes available, one set for every 2 participants. If you feel the need to have your own scope(s) or want something with special optics – please feel free to bring personal microscope with you. We also have an additional 700 sq ft of semi open space (i.e. roofed but not walled) with electrical outlets.

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2. A 5-Day Crustose Workshop on Crustose Lichens with Irwin Brodo, February 20-24, 2010

Feb 20-24, 2010

Irwin M. Brodo

Location: Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay CA, and surrounding locations

Although the lichens of coastal rocks and forest are a conspicuous component of the vegetation, it is usually the larger lichens, the foliose and fruticose species, that attract one's attention. This workshop will concentrate on the less conspicuous, but equally diverse and important, crustose lichens. Collections will be made from bark, wood, rocks and soil, and they will then be identified in the laboratory. Updated keys to genera of crustose lichens from "Lichens of North America," will be used, as well as other modern keys from the world literature. Techniques for sectioning, staining, and interpreting the tissues of crustose lichen fruiting bodies will be introduced, with special attention being devoted to staining various ascus types with iodine. Thin layer chromatography will be introduced and used to demonstrate how to analyze the chemistry of some crustose lichens, especially sterile species, as the interest of participants and time permits. Techniques for testing lichens with paraphenylenediamine, hypochlorite solution (bleach), potassium hydroxide, nitric acid, and iodine will be discussed and used regularly for identifications.

Course fee $600/$625 includes meals, and accommodations from Saturday dinner through Wednesday lunch. Bring lunch the first day. Lodging is at a field station with two-person rooms each with a private bathroom.

Dr. Brodo is an emeritus scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is a world authority on the identification and biology of lichens, and was honored in 1994 with an Acharius Medal presented to him by the International Association for outstanding contributions to lichenology. Dr. Brodo's list of publications includes 75 research papers, 8 popular articles, 22 reviews and 6 editorials. One of Irwin Brodo's great achievements was the publication of the 795 page book, "Lichens of North America" which is filled with high quality photographs of lichens taken by Sylvia and Stephen Sharnoff.

This workshop will be held at the Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory in Sonoma County, on the coast at Bodega Bay, California (http://www.bml.ucdavis.edu/). Meals and dorm style lodging will be included. Please let me know, if you are interested. And, please see our website: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/2010/index.html for more information.

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Contact for both workshops:

Cecile Shohet

Public Education, Coordinator

Jepson Herbarium, UC Berkeley

1001 Valley Life Sciences Bldg

Berkeley, CA 94720-24655

phone (510) 643-7008

email cshohet@berkeley.edu

James Shevock on mosses in the news

2009-12-21T10:58:00.000-08:00

Letter: Protect area's plant resources
Chico Enterprise-Record. Posted: 12/19/2009 09:22:55 AM PST

Ignorance may lead to unexpected and irreversible actions.

That could be the result of the apparently well-intentioned, but misguided efforts of The Flower Market in Chico in their effort to supply plant materials for use in Rose Parade floats.

"It all started during the summer when everyone gathered manzanita trees, moss and other materials from property around Butte County," Carol Vartabedian-Gregg said.
.....
As moss expert James Shevock noted, "Vulnerability of bryophytes to environmental changes make them ideal candidates in both air and water pollution studies, as well as excellent indicators of climate change."
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Re: [IAB blog] New comment on [BRYONET] from Zander.

2009-12-20T10:44:00.000-08:00

This has been done, thanks.

On Dec 19, 2009, at 3:54 PM, David Wagner wrote:

> If someone would scan and email a pdf of these few pages to me:

May everybody enjoy a refreshing solstice celebration.

David Wagner

[BRYONET] IAB blog vs bryonet

2009-12-20T10:04:00.000-08:00

Bryonetters,
In response to Jean,
This was the first notice from our blog site as I was beginning to use
the new software. The blog site automatically notifies bryonet when
there is a post. I debated whether to send it, but decided to as a
reminder that the blog site does have discussions posted. Then I
received two more anonymous posts from the blog site and made the
decision that what is posted to the blog site was only intended for the
blog site and should only be posted there. If a person posts there
instead of posting to bryonet, the person has chosen not to post to the
list.
The blog site automatically notifies "bryonet" when something is
posted. This is good when there is a picture or announcement that is
large and can clog mailboxes. But I think that discussions on the blog
should stay on the blog. However, this mailing list belongs to the
members, so if you disagree with that approach, let me know.

A note of caution:
I can no longer edit messages before they go out. Usually my only
editing was to remove the copies of the previous email messages. Now,
that will be the responsibility of the responders. Please try to keep
the messages from including long messages that preceded them.
Sometimes I receive a message for bryonet that was clearly meant for
an individual. With the old software, I would redirect it to the person
for whom it was clearly intended. That is no longer possible, so I will
reject it and the sender will receive an automatic notice of rejection.

Thank you, everyone, for your help and patience.

Janice

Jean Faubert wrote:
> I wonder if anonymous posting are appropriate, no matter what a person
> position might be on a particular subject.
> This is a scientific discussion group isn't it ?
> Janice, do we have a policy on this ? If not, do we need one ?
>

[IAB blog] New comment on Re: [IAB blog] New comment on [BRYONET] from Zande....

2009-12-19T19:58:00.000-08:00

Efraín De Luna has left a new comment on your post "Re: [IAB blog] New comment on [BRYONET] from Zande...":

I rather wonder why Podani`s paper WAS published!
Also worthwhile to point your browser to a post by Williams & Ebach at the Systematics and Biogeography blog:
(click on or copy/paste) http://urhomology.blogspot.com/2009/12/paraphyly-watch-2009-pewter-leprechaun.html

Posted by Efraín De Luna to IAB blog at December 19, 2009 7:58 PM

Re: [IAB blog] New comment on [BRYONET] from Zander.

2009-12-19T18:25:00.000-08:00

I wonder if anonymous posting are appropriate, no matter what a person position might be on a particular subject.
This is a scientific discussion group isn't it ?
Janice, do we have a policy on this ? If not, do we need one ?

I'm not even certain that I fully understand the «unsaid» part of this anonymous person message. Was it derisive of Richard position or was it derisive of the journal/reviser position ?

But no matter, it bring nothing constructive to the debate, does it ?

Only a thought

Jean Faubert

P.S. By the way I enjoy thouroughly this ongoing discussion. It is like candy and I hope we will get more of it.

Anonymous a écrit:

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "[BRYONET] from Zander":

Gee! Can't think why that was rejected.

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Re: [IAB blog] New comment on [BRYONET] from Zander.

2009-12-19T15:54:00.000-08:00

If someone would scan and email a pdf of these few pages to me:

On Dec 19, 2009, at 1:55 PM, PÓCS, Tamás wrote:

In this subject worthwhile to see the paper of J. Podani in the first pages of the last issue of Taxon.

Tamás Pócs

I would much appreciate it.

David H. Wagner, Ph.D.

Northwest Botanical Institute

P.O. Box 30064

Eugene, OR 97403-1064

davidwagner@mac.com

541-344-3327

http://web.mac.com/davidwagner/Site/FernZenMosses.html

Re: [IAB blog] New comment on [BRYONET] from Zander.

2009-12-19T13:55:00.000-08:00

Dear Bryonetters,

In this subject worthwhile to see the paper of J. Podani in the first pages of the last issue of Taxon.

Tamás Pócs