Mosses and liverworts inhabit a miniature world hidden in our rainforests and often go unnoticed. This book seeks to raise the reader's awareness of these plants and reveals their beauty in the book's many high quality colour photographs. A comprehensive introduction is provided along with specific notes on these plants.

The cool temporate rainforests of the Southern Hemisphere are noteworthy for the remarkable diversity and luxuriance of their lichen floras, and Tasmania is endowed with a rich and complex array of lichen species. This title provides an insight into this realm of beautiful and unusual plants.

Mosses of dry forests in south eastern Australia is a field guide designed for beginners and students. Concentrating on the more eye catching species, it's written in clear, accurate language with a minimum of technical terms. Species descriptions are generously illustrated with up to four photos each. Informative leaf diagrams are supplied to enable reliable identification. The book has a chapter explaining the life cycle of mosses and their importance in the ecosystem. It also has appendices enabling beginners to differentiate between mosses and other bryophytes; explaining clearly how mosses are definitely not lichens; and offering insights into the meaning and origin of those forbiddingly long scientific names.

A richly illustrated, full-colour identification guide to almost 500 mosses, liverworts and hornworts in southern Australia. The book includes an introduction to the bryophytes, information on the collection, storage and naming of specimens, indentification keys, descriptions, thumb-nail anatomical sketches and more than 250 beautiful colour photographs.