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rudrakshgupta.bsky.social

@rudrakshgupta.bsky.social
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Botanist specializing in ferns & bryophytes.

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rudrakshgupta.bsky.social @rudrakshgupta.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Recorded some very nice species at the @bbsbryology.bsky.social meeting in Waterford. I had a great time learning from experts & visited some beautiful sites. Highlights of this meeting were: 1: Sphagnum skyense 2: Daltonia splachnoides 3: Bartramia ithyphylla 4: Antitrichia curtipendula
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Sharon Pilkington @pilkyplant.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Just back from the @bbsbryology.bsky.social meeting in Co. Waterford. Great fun and some fabulous species seen including a new moss for Ireland (the rare Dialytrichia saxicola) and new sites for Sphagnum skyense. Thank you @joannedenyer.bsky.social and Rory Hodd for organising a brilliant week!
Inspecting Dialytrichia saxicola on an unassuming wall.Dialytrichia saxicola with very fragile and crenulate leaves.Lemna valdiviana showing off in a pond at Lismore CastleSphagnum skyense looking radiant.
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rudrakshgupta.bsky.social @rudrakshgupta.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Visited Kilcornan woods with @timoceallaigh.bsky.social in Claregalway to record bryophytes. Good finds were Lophocolea heterophylla, Drepanolojunea hamatifolia & Cephalozia curvifolia. Was also nice to see hazel trees & stonewalls covered in Neckera crispa.
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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Potentially Sphagnum divinum growing in a very nice and quaking bog in Coolvoy bog SAC, Donegal. Can't say I am certain as I find the field characteristics tricky but based on pore sizes in the branch leaves I would place my bet on S. divinum
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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Confirmed Sphagnum affine growing in a transition mire with Carex lasiocarpa and other Carex spp. in na Monga, Conamara a month ago. New species for me and looks like the second record for H16 Gailliamh thiar. Thanks for ID help @pilkyplant.bsky.social
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bbsbryology.bsky.social @bbsbryology.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
After several years in gestation, the long awaited paper on Aneura pinguis agg is now out. Lots of hard work from the team @thebotanics.bsky.social has resulted in the description of 12 species based on molecular and morphological criteria. Free to download at link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Under the invisibility cape: the secret world of Aneura pinguis in Europe and Greenland - Plant Systematics and Evolution
Multiple accessions of the simple thalloid liverwort Aneura from around the world, but with particular focus on western Europe, have been sequenced for a range of standard plastid DNA barcoding marker...
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rudrakshgupta.bsky.social @rudrakshgupta.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Adelanthus lindenbergianus(new site) recorded with @timoceallaigh.bsky.social, Ciaran & Shane in Connemara. This very rare liverwort is a member of hepatic mat community which includes Bazzania tricrenata, B. pearsonii, Herbertus hutchinsiae(2). Thanks for confirming @nimbosaecology.bsky.social
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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A new site for Drepanocladus trifarius in the Roundstone bogs, na Monga, Conamara growing in lakeside fen vegetation with Schoenus, Scorpidium scorpioides etc. Bhí mé an-sásta é seo a fheiceail, ceann a raibh an-dúil agam a fheiceail (arís) le fada
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rudrakshgupta.bsky.social @rudrakshgupta.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Delighted to find Ophioglossum azoricum with @timoceallaigh.bsky.social at a site in Connemara. It was smaller in size with fewer sporangia on the fertile spike when compared to O. vulgatum & was in the right habitat: coastal grassland This will be the first tetrad record for this Red Listed fern.
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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I was thrilled to find a new population of Adelanthus lindenbergianus in the Mám Toirce, Conamara last week. It instantly stood out as being something exciting. Three separate patches found with the help of @timoceallaigh.bsky.social. Thanks to @nimbosaecology.bsky.social for confirming
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rudrakshgupta.bsky.social @rudrakshgupta.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Recorded Phaeoceros laevis with sporophytes on an earthbank in Co Kerry. Its always nice to find hornworts during surveys!
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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Finished on a high at over 900m on Ben Lomond (2/2)
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cianoceallaigh.bsky.social @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Tá mé ceapadh go ba sheo'd Polytrichastrum alpinum ar a mbealach suas go Corcóg sna Mám toirce. This seems likely to be P. alpinum judging by the round capsules and branching of this plant. Nice to finally find its capsules
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rudrakshgupta.bsky.social @rudrakshgupta.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Some more highlights from the Spring Bryophyte Meeting in the Trossachs Part 2: Liverworts 1: Barbilophozia barbata 2: Aneura mirabilis 3: Plagiochila heterophylla 4: Tritomaria quinquedentata Thank you to Philippa Thompson & @bbsbryology.bsky.social for organising this meeting!
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rudrakshgupta.bsky.social @rudrakshgupta.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Some highlights from the Spring @bbsbryology.bsky.social meeting in the Trossachs that i attended with @cianoceallaigh.bsky.social & @timoceallaigh.bsky.social. Part 1 Mosses: 1: Ptilium crista castrensis 2: Bartramia halleriana 3: Hylocomiastrum umbratum 4: Sphagnum warnstorfii
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rudrakshgupta.bsky.social @rudrakshgupta.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Recorded a moss that looked like Bryum capillare at a blanket bog in Galway. But it didn't have have the excurrent nerve that B. capillare does. A similar species is Pohlia nutans which i don't come across often. Thanks for confirming @joannedenyer.bsky.social Found Schistochilopsis incisa too
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