In this issue of ′ Pteridologist’ (pdf warning), there are two short communications (pp. 12-15) on the difficulties of identifying British species of Dryopteris (male ferns) and Polypodium, with a note on the inconstancy of morphological features of plants in the field. (I mean, okay, some species hybridize, but what the heck does it mean when a probably hybride plant has a frond or two looking just like one of the parents? somatical mutations?..)
‘Pteridologist’ as a whole is a ‘nice’ magazine—easy language, cultural/biogeographical/anatomical forkfuls, lots of photoes. Enjoy!
In this issue of ′ Pteridologist’ (pdf warning), there are two short communications (pp. 12-15) on the difficulties of identifying British species of Dryopteris (male ferns) and Polypodium, with a note on the inconstancy of morphological features of plants in the field. (I mean, okay, some species hybridize, but what the heck does it mean when a probably hybride plant has a frond or two looking just like one of the parents? somatical mutations?..)
‘Pteridologist’ as a whole is a ‘nice’ magazine—easy language, cultural/biogeographical/anatomical forkfuls, lots of photoes. Enjoy!