Last week, we had the great pleasure to host Prof. Mesut Kirmaci. It was a fruitful stay that opened the door to future collaborations! Keep track to see :)

Check our new recently published reference genome at open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/5-3...

OrthoTree new paper is out! Try our optimized DNA extraction protocol and see whether it also helps improve your results bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Optimizing DNA extraction protocols for bryophytes: Insights from Orthotrichaceae

Premise Extracting high-quality DNA from challenging plant tissues can be hindered by high levels of phenolics, carbohydrates, and other compounds that bind to or coprecipitate with DNA. Bryophytes,...

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Stay tuned, because @orthotreeproject.bsky.social has some very interesting results coming up!

Are you puzzled with moss samples identification? See if our experience may help! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.111/j...

New insights on the distribution of Lewinskya firma! Check our recently published paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Lewinskya firma s.s. is actually in West Africa

Published in Journal of Bryology (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Our studies of Lewinskya in fog oases of Central and Northern Chile reveal yet hidden diversity within Orthotrichaceae. Find more in our paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Lewinskya crinita sp. nov. and L. aristoblephara comb. nov. (Orthotrichaceae, Bryophyta), two remarkable species from the coastal fog oases of central-northern Chile

Few species of the genus Lewinskya have been reported from central and northern Chile, with only L. johnstonii known from the northern coastal hills of the region. Immersed in arid lands, these coa...

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Are you bored just lying on the beach? Have some fun reading our last published paper! www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14...

This past March, the BSEB 2024 was published! It features a section on new regional bryological records from the Iberian Peninsula. From @orthotreeproject.bsky.social, we reported Dendrocryphaea lamyana in Extremadura and Dyalitrichia saxicola in Navarra. Go have a look!🌱

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Ya está disponible el volumen 58 del BSEB, con las aportaciones del año 2023. Esperamos que lo disfrutéis #bryophytes #SEB www.briologia.es/boletines/Vo...

Proud and grateful for having won an award for best poster communication at the @24iscb.bsky.social Congrats Niko! #24ISBC #mosses

What an amazing experience at the XXIV International Symposium of Cryptogamic Botany, with a great team helping bring more visibility to the Orthotrichaceae! 💚 #ISCB2025 #mosses

Today is Belen's turn with an inspiring talk on thermal time models in bryophyte spores germination at the @24iscb.bsky.social

Two Orthotrichaceae posters presented at the @24iscb.bsky.social If interested, just ask!!

@24iscb.bsky.social is running and today our teams has contributed with Niko's talk about the possible hybrid origin of one lineage of Orthotrichaceae

En @orthotreeproject.bsky.social celebramos el día de la mujer y la niña en la ciencia divulgando nuestro trabajo en el IES El Escorial, con @idraper.bsky.social. Mensaje para casa ¡Los briófitos molan!

No os perdáis a Beatriz Vigalondo, miembro de Orthotree, impartiendo una actividad de acercamiento a los briófitos en los talleres de enriquecimiento del IES Jose Luis Sampedro de Tres Cantos, qué lujo de profesora :)

📢 Meet the keynote speakers of the XXIV International Symposium on Cryptogamic Botany - Pontevedra 2025! Dr. Patrick Jung, researcher at the University of Applied Science Kaiserslautern (Germany), will be our speaker for the #lichenology keynote session 📌 Mark your calendars for #ISCB2025!

📢 Meet the keynote speakers of the XXIV International Symposium on Cryptogamic Botany - Pontevedra 2025! Dr. Jorinde Nuytinck, Researcher at Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Leiden, the Netherlands), will be our speaker for the #mycology keynote session 📌 Mark your calendars for #ISCB2025!

📣 Join us at the 24th International Symposium of Cryptogamic Botany in Pontevedra, Spain on 7-10 July 2025! We're looking forward to connecting, sharing ideas, and learning together. Registration details and our official website are coming soon—stay tuned! 📅🔗