moss culture

Subject: Re: moss culture (fwd)
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 07:23:25 -0000
From: Rod Seppelt <r.seppelt@rbgkew.org.uk>
To: bryonet-l@mtu.edu

BRYONET

In reply to Peg Minahan's contribution on cultures:

Many thanks for your contribution.
From your message to Bryonet I am unclear on one point only. Do
you start with a large clump of moss (is that what the 10 inches
refers to?). What about mosses which are found in small tufts -
e.g., things like Orthotrichum that grow on trees, or Grimmias, or
even Dicranum, when it is a young colony?

I was also wondering if you have tried Lewis Anderson's coffee
grinder method i.e., macerating the moss and spraying the slurry
on the substrate.

Cheers
Rod Seppelt
Prof. Rod Seppelt
(ABLO), Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB