BRYOPHYTE NOTES
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Weissia crispa (Hedw.) Mitt. Has been found at Upshire on a road
verge, which is part of Epping Forest. This is an unusual species
to be added to the Epping Forest list, and was last recorded in
Essex in 1874 at Saffron Walden.
Bartramia pomiformis Hedw. Not a common moss in Essex, was re-
discovered in Pods Wood near Colchester where it had been
recorded by Dr. Varenne in 1860—99 years ago.
Zygodon viridissimus (Dicks.) R.Br., was found growing on cement
facing of a wall near Spellbrook Lock covering an area of over
two square feet and again in the interstices of a flint wall at
Great Hallingbury. The habitat is usually on tree trunks.
Dicranoweissia cirrata (Hedw.) Lindb., from the flint wall at Great
Hallingbury with the above, the usual habitat again being tree
trunks.
Orthotrichum diaphanum Brid. is regarded normally as a moss grow-
ing on tree trunks, especially Elder. In Essex, however, this does
not seem to be the case: it is much more commonly found on
walls, on brickwork, and on stonework in churchyards, growing
both on the horizontal and vertical face of the masonry. On
masonry it has been found near Writtle; by Blackmore; by River
Stort at Harlow Mill; Burnt Mill, Roydon and Parndon; in
Harlow and Magdalen Laver churchyards. On Elder bushes it
has been found in Hatfield Forest.
Eurhynchium swartzii (Turn.) Curn. Quite a common species, but
very rarely fruiting was found, with capsules, on a disused air-
field at Matching.
RECENT ESSEX RECORDS
Mosses
Fissidens minutulus Sull. ex Braithw., growing on old bricks on the
ground in a chalk pit at Grays. Another specimen was found
growing on a chalk lump in 'Botany' chalk pit at Purfleet.
December, 1958. V.c. 18.
F. cristatus Wils. A ground moss growing in a disused chalk pit at
Grays. March, 1959. V.c. 18.
Dicranella schreberiana (Hedw.) Dix., growing by the roadside at
Upshire; the road verge at this point is part of Epping Forest.
June, 1959. V.c. 19. This moss was again found at Brick Farm,
near Newport, Essex.
Gyroweissia tenuis (Hedw.) Schp. In the churchyard at High Laver
a fruiting plant growing on the vertical face of old brickwork.
November, 1959. V.c. 19.
Weissia crispa var. aciculata (Mitt.) Braithw. Growing by the road-
side on a steep sandy slope, near Great Sampford. March, 1959.
V.c. 19.
Hygrohypnum luridum (Hedw.) Jennings, from the concrete sides of
a lock close to Roydon. September, 1959. V.c. 19.