CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

It's not very often that I find bog moss ( Sphagnum ) bearing spore capsules. They are easy to overlook because they are not raised on ...

The King Penguin series of books began publication in 1939 and continued through 76 titles until 1959. These slim volumes covered a remarka...

Still in pursuit of wildlife-themed beers ( click here for earlier examples ), here's a complete novelty. I suspect that this must be ...

These are the ripe spore capsules of cypress-leaved plait moss Hypnum cupressiforme - a moss with teeth. Many mosses have teeth - per...

These elegant spore capsules belong to the common woodland moss called swan's neck thyme moss  Mnium hornum and their presence i...

Historically, one of the reasons why so few naturalists take an interest in mosses as opposed to, say, birds, is t...

Today's Guardian Country Diary focuses on mosses, which continue to grow in winter - even when most of the other vegetation in the coun...

Today's Guardian Country Diary describes a field excursion with some Durham University biology students to Chapel Fell, between Wea...

When I was mooching around in the entrance to this old ironstone mine near Port Mulgrave on the North Yorkshire coast yesterday I found...