Mosses and Other Bryophytes is an illustrated glossary of terms that are used to describe mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. Written in informal prose, it’s intended to be an everyday reference for not only bryology and botany students, but also gardeners and anybody who’s interested in plants. The second edition has half again as many pages (over 330) and illustrations (nearly 1400) as the first edition did, and two-thirds of those illustrations are new. Over 530 species of bryophytes are illustrated. Also, an appendix explains how to photograph bryophytes with a flatbed scanner.

TITLE: Mosses and Other Bryophytes, an Illustrated Glossary, second edition

AUTHORS: Bill and Nancy Malcolm

ISBN: 0958222479

SPECS: 340 pages, 150 x 220 mm, hard-cover

PUBLISHER: Micro-Optics Press

DATE: 2006

PRICE: NZD100 (includes shipping inside New Zealand and 15% GST)

PRICE: AUD80 (includes air-mail shipping to Australia)

California Mosses was written to encourage both amateur and professional botanists to take up an interest in California’s mosses. With 2,200 colour photographs and 1,100 black-and-white drawings, it illustrates all of the state’s 176 genera and all but five of the 600+ species, about half of them with full-colour plates. Rather than rely on keys to identify species, it uses pictures—close-up photographs, microscope views, and leaf outlines.

TITLE: California Mosses

AUTHORS: Bill and Nancy Malcolm, Jim Shevock, and Dan Norris

ISBN: 0958222452

SPECS: 430 pages, 150 x 220 mm, hard-cover

PUBLISHER: Micro-Optics Press

DATE: 2009

PRICE: NZD100 (includes shipping inside New Zealand and 15% GST)

PRICE: AUD80 (includes air-mail shipping to Australia)

ORDER BY E-MAIL AT nancym @ clear.net.nz OR BY POST AT P.O. Box 320, Nelson, New Zealand 7040

Please note—Southern Hemisphere addresses only and cheques only (made out in either New Zealand or Australian dollars). If you live in the Northern Hemisphere or prefer to use a credit card, you can buy the books from the California Native Plant Society’s on-line store at cnps.org/store.php