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Our organisms

The Botany Department manages collections and conducts research relating to a number of organisms.

  • The brown alga Fucus vesiculosus
    Algae

    These diverse organisms range from single-celled species to giant kelps over 50 metres long.

  • Mastigophora diclados - a tropical leafy liverwort
    Bryophytes

    Find out more about these simple land plants that include mosses, liverworts and hornworts.

  • Slide of a group of fossil diatoms viewed using differential interference contrast
    Diatoms

    Learn more about these unicellular photosynthetic organisms and their unique silica cell wall.

  • Killarney fern sporophyte stage
    Ferns and lycophytes

    Discover more about these seed-free vascular plants that use spores to reproduce.

  • The lichen Xanthoria parietina
    Lichens

    Adapted to a range of habitats around the world but sensitive to environmental changes, lichens are valuable as tools to monitor our environment’s health. But what are they?

  • Greater stitchwort, Stellaria holostea and bluebells, Hyacinthoides nonscripta
    Seed plants (spermatophytes)

    Seed plants are essential to civilisation, providing us with many useful resources. Find out more about these vital and widespread plants.

  • Sporangia of Craterium minutum on a leaf
    Slime moulds (Myxomycetes)

    Find out about these fascinating organisms that are capable of completely switching their morphology.

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