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Dicranum majus		Downloads British and Irish bryophytes and their distribution BRYOATT Altitudinal limts for British bryophytes Checklist of the mosses of Europe and Macaronesia Journal of Bryology Index MS Word latin name spell check Cumulative Index of BBS Publications Moss Grower's Handbook Cross reference of names in 2nd ed Smith with those in the Census Catalogue Update for English Names for British Bryophytes Moss Exchange Club Reports
Dicranum majus		British and Irish bryophytes and their distribution Interim Census Catalogue 2007 This MS Word document produced by Mark Hill incorporates records published in Field Bryology up to and including 2007. Checklist of British and Irish bryophytes, including English names. This presented as a spreadsheet, and has been generated by Mark Hill and Chris Preston using Biological Records Centre data. It lists the taxa included in the Census Catalogue (Blockeel & Long, 1998), but modified to take account of Smith (2004). New taxa have been added and old ones not recognised in Smith (2004) have been removed. For the purposes of the recording cards Census Catalogue names are retained, and the card abbreviations are given. Also included are the BRC numbers, Census Catalogue numbers and the English name when available. The file is available in Excel (319KB) or csv (119KB) format. Distribution data by vice county of all British and Irish bryophytes. This is the Census Catalogue (1998) data that has been brought up to date by Mark Hill by incorporating the new vice-county records published in the Bulletin up until 2006 (i.e. records up until and including those submitted in 2006), and amended to take account of nomenclatural changes etc. in June 2005. It is available seperately for mosses and liverworts as two zipped files in csv format, which is compatible with most spreadsheet programs such as MS Excel. The data is arranged in vice-county order, and includes the names arranged alphabetically, together with BRC number, Cenus Catalogue number, the date of any post 1998 amendment and whether or not the species is bracketed (ie only pre-1950 records known). It should be noted that when the BBS Council approved the proposal to make the data available, it did so on the following condition: "It is a condition of downloading this file that due acknowledgement is made to the British Bryological Society in any publications or reports of work which incorporate or make use of these data." Interim Census Catalogue 2005 The amended distribution data as described above has been put into the standard format of the BBS Census Catalogues and is available in MS Word (230KB) or zipped rtf (71KB) formats. It includes a useful introduction which explains the reasons for some of the nomenclatural changes, which follow those in the new checklist. It is planned to incorporate the newly published additions each year. Make your own vice-county checklist! This is straightforward using the distribution data files linked to above. Simply open the file, copy the section that relates to the vice-county you are interested in and paste it into a new document for you to format as you wish.
		Altitudinal limits for British Bryophytes Mark Hill and colleagues have compiled a list of the maximum recorded altitudinal limits for British bryophytes. It can be downloaded as an MS Excel file here. Any amendments would be welcomed by the authors.
		BRYOATT - Attributes of British and Irish Mosses, liverworts and hornworts This data set was produced in 2007 by Mark Hill et al. and includes a list of species specific attribute information including taxonomy, status, life history, biogeography and habitat. It is available as a printed publication but can also be downloaded from the BRC website at http://www.brc.ac.uk/resources.htm. It is presented as a zip folder that includes a pdf introduction and an Excel spreadsheet.
		MS Word latin names spell check An MS Word spell check dictionary file is available. This contains the latin generic names and specific epithets for all plants listed in the current edition of the Census Catalogue, and has recently been updated to include the new names found in the second edition of The Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland. Look in the help section of your version of MS Word to find out how to add it to your current spelling dictionary. Download ccnames2.dic
		Cumulative Index of BBS Publications The cumulative index to Journal of Bryology up to vol. 26 is incorporated in the new Cumulative Index of BBS Publications (1896 - 2004) which also includes the Transactions, Bulletin and other publications. It is now available for downloading as a pdf or rtf file on Phil Stanley's web page (www.pemas.demon.co.uk).
		Moss Grower's Handbook First published in 1991, this is a distillation of Michael Fletcher's unique experience in forming and maintaining a collection of living bryophytes, based around his greenhouse at Reading. As well as being a very practical book, there are also sections devoted to an introduction to the science of bryology, and some of Michael's bryo-philosophical thoughts. This August 2005 Acrobat version is based on the text of the last Microsoft Word version (‘2^nd edition in prep.’, postscripted ‘spring 2003’) by Michael Fletcher, that was previously available via the BBS website. No substantial changes have been made to this text. It uses the illustrations (including a re-scanned cover) of the printed 1991 first edition, and adheres as closely as possible to that format and its characteristic individualities. The index has been regenerated, using taxa and selected other words largely following Fletcher, although some words have proved impracticable to index and others have been added. The list of contents has also been regenerated, and both are now hyperlinked. This version was edited, adapted and updated (taxonomic names and references) for the British Bryological Society’s website, by Sean Edwards, with many thanks to Roy Perry for proof-reading and general suggestions. Download pdf Moss Grower's Handbook (2.39MB, but worth the wait) © Copyright Michael Fletcher/BBS/Sean Edwards
		Cross reference of names in 2nd ed Smith with those in the Census Catalogue With the publishing of the second edition of the Moss Flora of Britain and Ireland by A J E Smith, there is potential for confusion between these two sources of nomenclatural authority. Mark Hill has prepared a useful Excel spreadsheet (189 KB) which details these changes and includes comments.
		Update for English Names for British Bryophytes Since the publication of the third edition of English Names for British Bryophytes in 2003 there have of course been a number of taxonomic changes to our understanding of the British bryophyte flora. Sean Edwards has been keeping abreast of these and has produced an update (November 2003) which can be viewed as a web page or downloaded as a pdf file ( 34 KB).
		Moss Exchange Club Reports The Moss Exchange Club was name of the society from which the BBS evolved. From 1896 it produced a periodical known as the Report. These are currently being scanned by Mike Walton and at present the years 1896-1919 are available for viewing as image files. It is hoped that in the future they will be made available in a searchable format, but at present they can be used in conjunction with Phil Stanley's Index. To see the files click here.

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