Hello! I got really interested in bryophytes, especially liverworts, and I am now looking for a good hand lens for observing them outside. I am probably going to buy a Levenhuk (brand) lens, but since there are so many options, it’s hard to choose one. Also, in one of his books R.M.Schuster recommen…

My family (my dad and sister wrote this field guide to mosses) generally uses the Iwamoto Achromatic 20x. Most lenses with greater than 10x magnification are frustrating because they have a tiny diameter, but this one is able to be broad, magnified, and not have lots of artifacts. They’re also rathe…

Hooray for liverworts! You might enjoy the video I made about them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcnYfFtzmm8&t=94s To see bryophytes at some magnification I use the Moment macro lens on my iPhone. However, my husband got me a hand lens that has its own blue led light so I’m looking forward to us…

Wow, tell them I said. “Thanks.” I used iNat and their field guide to help me ID the mosses in this video. I mention their book at 5:17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mmjNybWacc

Thank you for suggestions everyone! @botanicaltreasures watched your video about liverworts, love the music choice and the photos you took!

A more old-fashioned name for liverworts I like is ‘Hepaticae’. So, a scientist studying liverworts is called a hepaticologist, and the science itself hepaticology. It sounds a bit similar to hepatology, which is the branch of medicine studying the liver (organ) and its diseases.

Thanks so much! Yes, they do sound very similar. That would be a neat thing to be able to say. “I’m a hepaticologist.”

Citation A more old-fashioned name for liverworts I like is ‘Hepaticae’ That’s how we actualy name it in French ^_^

Best hand lens for looking at bryophytes outside?

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KelianG May 19, 2022, 4:18pm 2

Hi, Lichen Candelaris x14 hand lens are the best for bryophytes. That’s also the most expensive hand lens tho.

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