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Thursday, July 30, 2009

BRYONET: Editorial Manager

BRYONET

Several journals, including Journal of Bryology, use "Editorial Manager"
to interface with authors. MS Internet Explorer users from the United
States commonly have problems working the menus, which jam or disappear.
Sometimes changing the View tab to a different encoding forces a menu
up, but this is haphazard.

I downloaded a free copy of Mozilla Firefox browser, and it worked
perfectly with Editorial Manager. I encourage all authors who have
problems with Editorial Manager to use Firefox instead of Internet
Explorer.

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Richard H. Zander
Voice: 314-577-0276
Missouri Botanical Garden
PO Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA

Web sites: http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/resbot/
and http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/bfna/bfnamenu.htm
Non-post deliveries to:
Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

BRYONET: flyer for Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants

Bryonetters,
I think this may get the flyer to you for:
Syllabus, Part 3, "Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants" (Bryophytes with
Michael Stech, Ferns s.l. Eberhard Fischer). Thank you, Bernard Goffinet for
providing us with a smaller file.
Janice
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Monday, July 20, 2009

RE: BRYONET: abbreviation for author names

BRYONET

Best "universally current" site is
http://www.ipni.org/ipni/query_author.html

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Richard H. Zander
Voice: 314-577-0276
Missouri Botanical Garden
PO Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA

Web sites: http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/resbot/
and http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/bfna/bfnamenu.htm
Non-post deliveries to:
Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110
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BRYONET: Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants published

BRYONET

Syllabus, Part 3, "Bryophytes and seedless Vascular Plants" (Bryophytes with
Michael Stech, Ferns s.l. Eberhard Fischer) is published now and I want to
inform you about the publication.

We apologize, but the list software would not allow the flyer because it was too
large.

Best wishes
Wolfgang Frey
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Re: BRYONET: abbreviation for author names

BRYONET

Dear Dr. Chuah-Petiot and Anyone Interested,

You can find the accepted author abbreviations on the website
http://www.google.hu/search?q=IPNI&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:hu:official&client=firefox-a

or you simply type in the Google or other search programme the abbreviation
IPNI (International Plant Name Index), then you click on Authors and the
rest is self explaining

Yours sincerely Tamás Pócs

Re: BRYONET: expo-bryo pictures needed.

BRYONET

Dear Jorge,
There are many images about uses in Volume 5 of my online Bryophyte Ecology
book (Uses of Bryophytes) <http://www.bryoecol.mtu.edu/>. Most of these belong
to other people, but they can be used for educational purposes as long as they
are not published. If you plan to distribute or publish any of them, you should
contact the photographer cited under the image. That volume should also help
you to identify people who might want to collaborate.
Janice

Jorge Cuvertino wrote:
> BRYONET
>
> Dear all,
>
> We are setting up an exhibit about bryophytes - "Briosfera Andina" - for th=
> e National Museum of Natural History in Santiago, Chile.
> We'd also like to mention some uses of these plants in biomonitoring and bi=
> otechnology, but we don't have any original picture about this topic.
>
> Would you like to collaborate with us ? Please take contact with vittoko@gm=
> ail.com (Victor Ardiles) for more information and details.
>
> Thanks to all
> Jorge C. & Victor A.
> ***************************************************************************=

BRYONET: expo-bryo pictures needed.

BRYONET

Dear all,

We are setting up an exhibit about bryophytes - "Briosfera Andina" - for th=
e National Museum of Natural History in Santiago, Chile.
We'd also like to mention some uses of these plants in biomonitoring and bi=
otechnology, but we don't have any original picture about this topic.

Would you like to collaborate with us ? Please take contact with vittoko@gm=
ail.com (Victor Ardiles) for more information and details.

Thanks to all
Jorge C. & Victor A.
***************************************************************************=

Re:BRYONET: Email adress needed

BRYONET

Dear Michael Lth,

I am a member of IAB and know wu yuhuan's email from the international meeting
in Nanjing. It's yuhuanwu@yahoo.com.cn. You can try to contract her.

Best regards

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Sunday, July 19, 2009

BRYONET: images needed

BRYONET

Dear Bryonetters,
Does anyone have images (close-up or habitat) of Phascopsis rubicunda
or Stonea oleaginosa (=Tortula oleaginosa) that I could use in my online
bryophyte ecology book? I have pictures of galls for the latter, but
none of the whole plant or in habitat.
Thank you for your help.
Janice Glime
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BRYONET: email address needed

BRYONET

Does anyone have an email address for Des Callaghan? I have
<descall@blueyonder.co.uk> and it is not working.
Thanks,
Janice
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Friday, July 17, 2009

Re: BRYONET: Proper names for substrates

BRYONET

Roxanne,

Technical terms are always slippery; the user tries to pack as much
specialized meaning into one word as she or he can, the reader is often
unsure just what is in the package.

A simple solution is to say it in English, just as you did: "rotten
wood," "bare soil," "decorticated wood," and so on. Databases are pretty
flexible and you don't have to speak Latin to them if you don't want.

Midsummer here, meadow flowers and butterflies.

Jerry J.

Jerry Jenkins
White Creek, NY
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Re: BRYONET: Proper names for substrates

BRYONET

Another useful term is rupicolous for rock dwellers. It is also acceptable
to change the -colous ending to -coline.

Daniel Marsh, Ph.D.
Professor Emitus
Henderson State University

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BRYONET: Email adress needed

BRYONET

Dear all!

Does anyone know the email adress of Wu Yu-Huan from Institute of Applied
Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang.
He has worked in the province Gansu with bryophytes and I will visit this
province in this year.
I did not find him in internet.

Please send an answer to:
mail@milueth.de

Best wishes
Michael Lüth

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Michael Lueth
Emmendinger Straße 32
D-79106 Freiburg
Germany
(0049) 761 280944
www.milueth.de
mail@milueth.de
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Re: BRYONET: Proper names for substrates

BRYONET

Someone has mentioned terricolous for soil. Xylicolous is for wood
dwellers, as opposed to corticolous for bark residents. R. M. Schuster
is my main source for xylicolous. He uses this term more frequently
than most authors, probably because so many liverworts are restricted
to decaying wood.


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

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RE: BRYONET: Proper names for substrates [SEC=Unclassified]

BRYONET

Terricolous for growing on soil.
Epixylic - to me this refers to "growing on wood", whether rotten or
intact dried.

Prof. Rod Seppelt,
Principal Research Scientist,
Australian Antarctic Division,
Channel highway,
Kingston 7050,
Tasmania, Australia
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BRYONET: Proper names for substrates

BRYONET

I am looking for the proper name for substrates that mosses and lichens
grow on, e.g. saxicolous for rocks, corticolous for bark, epixylic for
rotten wood. But what are the terms for soil and decorticated wood? This
is for database entry of our lichen collection, I have looked in several
lichen books but cannot find the proper names for these latter two
substrates. Any help would be much appreciated. You can send your names
right to me.

Roxanne Hastings
Curator of Botany
Royal Alberta Museum
12845-102 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada, T5N 0M6
Roxanne.hastings@gov.ab.ca
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Monday, July 13, 2009

BRYONET: Dr Gabriela Hassesl de Menendez

BRYONET

Dear Bryonetters,

The sad and sudden demise of Dr. Hassesl de Menendez is indeed a great loss for
all the bryologists the world over. But she will continue to be with us through
her invaluable contibutions in the field of bryology, especially the Hepaticae
and Anthocerotae.

May God rest her soul in peace.

D.K. Singh

Dr D.K. Singh
Additional Director
Botanical Survey of India
CGO Complex, 3rd MSO Building
Block F (5th Floor)
Salt Lake Sector I
Kolkata - 700 064 (INDIA)
Ph. : +91 33 23214050

Friday, July 10, 2009

Re: BRYONET: Gabriela_Hassel_de_Menendez

BRYONET

Dear friends,
It is indeed a very sad for the Latin American bryological community the
lost of Dr. Hassesl de Menendez. From our small group of bryologists in
Venezuela we send our simpathy to her family and friends.

Yelitza León
Centro Jardín Botánico
Facltad de Ciencias
Universidad de Los Andes
Venenezuela

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Re: BRYONET: mosses - microorganisms

BRYONET

In reply to Carmen Alfayate.

Although there is no scale bar, two pictures seem to show endophytic
bacteria. It is difficult to identify them at genus level, but I think Fig.
1 is Gram-negative bacteria. You can see some engulfing structures on the
cell surface, usually called "pits", which are specific structure formed
when bacteria use macromolecules as nutrient sources.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6VSD-4FB66DB-1-1&_c
di=6260&_user=1029205&_orig=search&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2004&_sk=999019993&v
iew=c&wchp=dGLzVlz-zSkWb&md5=803d05dbb6542b4e74b0efd6f45f3767&ie=/sdarticle.
pdf

http://www.springerlink.com/content/t915258272x8x57r/fulltext.pdf

Such structures can be seen widely in Gram-negative bacteria also other than
Sphingomonas species.


Fig2 also seems bacteria. They are not yeast and fungi, because there is no
mitochondria or peroxisomes inside and the cell division system does not
seem ones of Eukaryotes. The nuclei-like structure can be recognized as
endospores. Endospore-forming bacteria are only Firmicutes. Many pictures
are available for Firmicutes endospores on the net. Please try to find
similar one.


Akio TANI
Group of Applied Microbiology
Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University Japan

Tel&Fax 086-434-1228


BRYONET: Protonema toxicity

BRYONET

Dear bryonetters,
I have been consulted by a company of bottled water because they have
found moss protonema in some bottles and cases of vomits and sickness
have been reported. I wonder if you have heard of any illness symptom or
toxicity related to moss protonema.
With best wishes,
--
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Dr. Javier Martinez-Abaigar
Universidad de La Rioja
Complejo Cientifico-Tecnologico
Avda. Madre de Dios 51
26006 Logroño (La Rioja)
(España, Spain)

Tel.: 34+941+299754
Fax: 34+941+299721
http://www.unirioja.es/ecophys/
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RE: BRYONET: mosses - microorganisms

BRYONET

It's difficult to say what organisms we see without having a scale,
information about the cutting-plane and additional information about what
other structures we see on the photos.

I don't think we see Bacteria, as was suggested by Rod Seppelt in an earlier
e-mail, since the "organisms" are obviously compartimented and seem to have
at least two different membrane systems. So it is much more likely that we
are talking about eucaryotes.
The organisms on the upper picture remind me about a ciliate like Euglena
for example. The organisms on the lower picture have similarities to yeasts.
But my knowledge of single-celled organisms is very basic and somebody else
might have a better idea.

Cheers,
Volker

***************
Dipl.-Biol.
Volker Buchbender
Clara-Viebig-Str. 5
01159 Dresden

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

RE: BRYONET: mosses - microorganisms [SEC=Unclassified]

BRYONET

In reply to Carmen Alfayate. A fair bet is bacteria. Another candidate
would by fungal associates - but not in this case.

Prof. Rod Seppelt,
Principal Research Scientist,
Australian Antarctic Division,
Channel highway,
Kingston 7050,
Tasmania, Australia
ph: +61 (03) 6232 3438
FAX: +61 (03) 6232 3449

___________________________________________________________________________

Australian Antarctic Division - Commonwealth of Australia

Visit our web site at http://www.antarctica.gov.au/
___________________________________________________________________________

BRYONET: mosses - microorganisms

click on image to enlarge
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: mosses-microorganisms
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 16:27:20 +0100
From: Mari Carmen Alfayate ;

We have worked with mosses at ultrastructural level and in our
> observations we have seen micro-organisms both in gametophyte and
> sporophyte. We send you some photos of them (attached) in
> different structures and in different species of mosses and we
> would like, if possible, to help us identify which micro-
> organisms are.
>
> Thank you in advance.
Carmen Alfayate

BRYONET: sudden demise of Zoltan

BRYONET

Dear bryonetter
We were shocked and saddened to hear of Zoltan's sudden and untimely
passing. The community of ecophysiology scientist in the world lost an
important member with sudden demise of Zoltan Tuba.

I met with Zoltan during his visit to India in Indo-Hungarian workshop
in 2006. He was a valued=A0 colleague and friend. His affinity for
applied aspects of ecophysical responses of bryophytes and his splendid
sense of attractive personality made him an exciting and stimulating
contributor of our science.

I pray to Almighty that the departed soul may rest in peace.

We will miss Zoltan.

Dr. Anuj Saxena
Reader
Department of Botany
Sacred Heart Degree College
Sitapur-261001
U.P., India

Monday, July 6, 2009

BRYONET: (no subject)

From: "Poli, Dorothybelle" <poli@roanoke.edu>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:39:12 -0400
Subject: Reminder: Calling ALL Bryologists

Hi Everyone,

So far, survey turn-in is low. Remember that IAB and the editors of The
Bryological Times are interested in hearing from ALL bryologists...not
just the big names. If you are a student, hobbyist, post doctoral, new
faculty, etc...we want YOUR input too. Please take the time to fill out
and return your survey to DorothyBelle Poli <poli@roanoke.edu>
before July 20, 2009 to ensure your input makes it to the IAB Council in
Cape Town.

Thank you for your time.

DorothyBelle Poli and Geert Raeymaekers
The Bryological Times Co-editors

BRYONET: (no subject)

BRYONET

Date: 6 Jul 2009 05:26:33 -0000
To: <bryonet-l@mtu.edu>
Subject: reference material needed
From: "Rajendra Lavate" <rajendra_lavate@rediffmail.com>


I want online free journals , books on liverworts and hornworts

BRYONET: Candidates for the Riclef Grolle Award

BRYONET

The Riclef Grolle Committee is seeking candidates for the award:
"Excellence in Bryodiversity Research".

As stated in the IAB web page, the award is intended to: "bryologists
who work in developing countries and still manage to contribute
significantly to the knowledge of bryodiversity in bryophyte-rich areas
such as the tropics or smaller regions therein or in bryological
unexplored areas. Recognition should consider such evidence as
published work, outside grants and support, and establishment of
facilities and collections in areas of need. Nominations are opened to
all IAB members and must include supporting evidence for nomination.
The award will be given at most every two years at IAB meeting if the
committee considers that a nominee is worthy of the award. The award
will be granted once for each individual."

For additional information on the award, you may refer to the following
websites:

IAB: http://www.bryology.org/ and select "awards and grants" or directly
to IAB2009: http://www.iab2009.uct.ac.za/prizes.php

Please send name(s) and achievements of the candidate(s) in support of
your selection to Noris Salazar Allen, committee chairman at
salazarn@si.edu, or to any of the committee members: William R. Buck,
bbuck@nybg.org; Ines Sastre-De Jesus, inesdj@caribe.net; Min Petiot,
mpetiot50@gmail.com or Javier Mart=EDnez Abaigar at
javier.martinez@unirioja.es


BRYONET: Indian Bryologists

BRYONET

Hello.

Is it possible for you to provide the list of names of Bryologists of
Indian origin living in USA/Canada/Europe?

Even a few names are OK.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Best Wishes,

Kanchi
========================================
Kanchi N. Gandhi, Ph.D.
Bibliographer & Nomenclature Specialist
Harvard University Herbaria
22 Divinity Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138

Phone: 617-495-1939

Friday, July 3, 2009

AW: BRYONET: Moss Flora of Mauritius

BRYONET

In the URL below a "y" for bryology is missing. The correct address is
www.archive-for-bryology.com
Best regards
Michael Haeusler

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Betreff: BRYONET: Moss Flora of Mauritius

BRYONET

The Moss Flora of Mauritius

Jan-Peter Frahm, Brian J. O'Shea & Boon-Chuan Ho

Abstract: The mosses reported from Mauritius were compiled from the
literature and are listed with localities and references. Included are
collections by the first author made in 2007 on the island. Barbula indica,
Campylopus flavicoma, Racopilum ayresii and Ectropothecium chenagonii,
Groutiella tomentosa, Schlotheimia ferruginosa and Trichostomum
crispulum are reported as new to Mauritius. The list includes 238 species. A

short survey of the bryological exploration of the island is given.

Download as ever - for free for everybody as vol. 51 from
www.archive-for-brology.com <http://www.archive-for-brology.com/> .


BRYONET: Syllabus of Plant Families: Bryophytes

BRYONET

Members of IAB would be entitled to receive 15%
discount on the list price and should mention order reference 'IAB –
member'.

Syllabus of Plant Families: Ed. by W. Frey. Volume 3: *Bryophytes* and
Seedless Vascular Plants. 2009. 72 figs. 1 tab. X, 419 p. gr8vo.

Hardcover. EUR 89.00 (Approx. US$ 126.00)

Ready to ship

This is a revised and completely restructured 13th edition of Engler's
Syllabus to be published in 5 volumes in English for the first time.

Volume 3 (the first published of 5 volumes scheduled) provides a
thorough treatment of the world - wide morphological and molecular
diversity of a part of 'lower' plants (Marchantiophyta, Bryophyta,
Anthoceratophyta, Tracheophyta p.p.: Rhyniophytina, Lycophytina,
'Trimerophytina', Moniliformopses ('Pteridophyta'), Radiotopses
(Progymnospermopsida).

- The advance in DNA sequencing and advances in phylogenetic analysis
has raised new interest in the relationships of liverworts, mosses,
hornworts, ferns, and fern allies as extant representatives of early
land plant evolution. Following the tradition of Adolf Engler with the
morphological - anatomical data and incorporating latest results from
molecular phylogenetics an phylogenomics, and up - to - date overview of
families and genera has been created that will serve as reference for a
long time. - The next volume to come is volume 1 Algae & Fungi in 2010.

Available from Koeltz Scientific Books (koeltz@t-online.de
<mailto:koeltz@t-online.de> / www.koeltz.com <http://www.koeltz.com>)

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BRYONET: Moss Flora of Mauritius

BRYONET

The Moss Flora of Mauritius

Jan-Peter Frahm, Brian J. O'Shea & Boon-Chuan Ho

Abstract: The mosses reported from Mauritius were compiled from the
literature and are listed with localities and references. Included are
collections by the first author made in 2007 on the island. Barbula indica,
Campylopus flavicoma, Racopilum ayresii and Ectropothecium chenagonii,
Groutiella tomentosa, Schlotheimia ferruginosa and Trichostomum
crispulum are reported as new to Mauritius. The list includes 238 species. A
short survey of the bryological exploration of the island is given.

Download as ever - for free for everybody as vol. 51 from
www.archive-for-brology.com <http://www.archive-for-brology.com/> .


Prof. Dr. Jan-Peter Frahm
Nees Institut fur Biodiversitat der Pflanzen

Meckenheimer Allee 170
53115 Bonn

0228/732121 - Fax -6542
www.bryologie.uni-bonn.de

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Re: BRYONET: (no subject)

BRYONET

Thank you to everyone who has written back in regards to the society
help that I needed. I had really old contacts that bounced back or
could not find the society webpage!!

Sincerely,
DorothyBelle

Reminder IAB 2009

See attachment regarding the IAB meeting in South Africa in August.

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Dr. Janice Glime, Professor Emerita
President of IAB; Manager of Bryonet
(Michigan Technological University)
219 Hubbell St.
Houghton, MI 49931 USA
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Sociedad Española de Briología website

BRYONET

The following web page has detailed and actualized information regarding

Sociedad Española de Briología

http://www.uam.es/informacion/asociaciones/SEB/

Contact details for the Society:

PRESIDENTA: Felisa Puche Pinazo

Departamento Botánica. Facultad de Biología. Universidad Valencia. Av.
Dr. Moliner, 50. 46100 Burjasot, VALENCIA. Teléfono / Fax: 96-3544633
/ 96-3544372.

VICEPRESIDENTA: Belén Albertos

Departamento de Botánica. Facultad de Farmacia. Universidad de
Valencia. Av. Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n. 46100 Burjasot, VALENCIA.
Teléfono / Fax: 96-3543310 / 96-3544926. E-mail:

SECRETARIA: Juan María González Mancebo

Departamento de Biología Vegetal. Facultad de Biología. Universidad de
La Laguna. 38271 La Laguna, TENERIFE. Teléfono / Fax: 922-603608 /
922-630095. E-mail:

Best wishes,

Isabel Draper

Dep. Biología (Botánica).
Fac. Ciencias.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
c/ Darwin, 2.
E-28049 Madrid, Spain

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

IAB student travel award reminder

BRYONET

LESS THAN A WEEK remains for applications.

The IAB Council announces the availability of 6 student travel awards of
up to US $200 for the Cape Town meeting. These awards will be available
to the first 6 students who apply for the award. Students must satisfy
the following criteria:

  • Be a member of IAB
  • Provide proof they are Ph. D. students (a statement from the advisor will suffice), Ph. D. candidates or Master students
  • Provide proof that they have an accepted abstract for a paper or poster presentation at the 2009 IAB meeting
  • Provide a budget of expenses for travel to and housing at the meeting
  • List other sources of funding for attending the meeting

Applications for the award must be RECEIVED by 7 July 2009
Applications should be sent by email attachment to Blanka Shaw
Awards will be announced about 10 July 2009.

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Dr. Janice Glime, Professor Emerita
President of IAB; Manager of Bryonet
(Michigan Technological University)
219 Hubbell St.
Houghton, MI 49931 USA
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Bryological Times Survey 2

Subject: Important: IAB Survey Help

Hello Everyone,

A few days ago I emailed this group to ask for your help in answering the IAB-
Bryological Times Survey. I have been trying to get the message to as many of
the world's bryologists and several messages have bounced back to me. Please
help me spread this survey (attached) to as many bryologists as possible, so
that IAB and the Bryological Times can improve in the ways that help you the
most! If you are a member of a country society, please see if they would
distribute the survey to the members. Currently I am trying to find a most
recent contact for the following societies:


1. Asian Bryological and Lichenological Club

2. Bryological Society of Ukrain

3. Central and East European Bryolgical Working Group

4. Nordic Bryological Society

5. Sociedad Espanola de Briologia

6. Vlaamse Werkgroep Bryologie

Thanks for your time and attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
DorothyBelle Poli
Co-editor of The Bryological Times