Milis A., M. Hofmann, P. Mäder, J. Wäldchen, M. De Haan, P. Ballings, I. Van der Beeten, B. Goffinet & A. Vanderpoorten. 2026. Towards the automatized identification of moss species from their spore morphology. Annals of Botany 137(1): 171–180. pdf. Google scholar Abstract reads: Background and Aims: Automatized species identification tools have massively facilitated plant […]

Buck W.R. & B. Goffinet. 2026. Addendum to the new checklist of the mosses of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 129(1): 1–3. Introduction reads: The recent checklist of mosses of continental United States and Canada (Buck & Goffinet 2024) included 1565 species, 12 subspecies, 34 varieties and one form for a total […]

Dirick L., Y. Liu, S. Dong, J. Yu, L. Ouerdane, C. Curie & B. Goffinet. 2025. Multiple independent acquisitions of a metallophore-synthesis gene by plants through horizontal microbial gene transfer. Nature Communications 16: 8339. pdf  Google scholar Abstract reads: The evolution of land plants is marked by major innovations enhancing their vegetative and reproductive fitness. […]

Dong S., S. Wang, L. Li, J. Yu, Y. Zhang, J.-Y. Xue, H. Chen, J. Ma, Y. Zeng, Y. Cai, W. Huang, J. Li, Y. Yao, R. Hu, T. Zhao, J.C. Villarreal A., L. Dirick, L. Liu, M. Ignatov, J. Ruan, Y. He, H. Wang, B. Xu, J. Wegrzyn, D. W. Stevenson, K. S. Renzaglia, […]

The American Bryological and Lichenological Society announced the awards for the best papers published in The Bryologist in 2024 (Volume 127) and awarded the SULLIVANT AWARD (for the best bryological paper) to our checklist: Buck W.R. & B. Goffinet. 2024. A new checklist of the mosses of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist […]