introduction

The want of a field-guide has for many years greatly hindered further spread of interest in British field-bryology. Filling this gap in the market will transform a backwater of natural history into an accessible and popular interest for naturalists. The British Bryological Society therefore has been working on the production of an identification guide for mosses, liverworts and hornworts, specifically for use in the field, and making extensive use of photographs to aid identification. By making it easier to take up field-bryology, a field-guide will attract many naturalists to the subject for the first time, as well as to membership of our Society. This field-guide is the British Bryological Society’s first venture into the market for popular books, and so stands to become our most widely influential publication, reaching far beyond current membership and into the wider community of naturalists beyond.