Tyntesfield, a splendid Victorian mock-gothic mansion set in extensive mature grounds, was purchased by the National Trust in 2002 and is still managed as a working estate. WBG members had special permission to visit and explore the
Tyntesfield, a splendid Victorian mock-gothic mansion set in extensive mature grounds, was purchased by the National Trust in 2002 and is still managed as a working estate. WBG members had special permission to visit and explore the bryological interest of the estate, which had not been surveyed before.
Being keen to get started, we began recording even before we made it through the turnstiles and in trampled turf near the café Claire picked up Microbryum davallianum, with its distinctive tuberculate spores.
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