Favourite taxa: Marchantiophyta

Favourite species: Mesoptychia collaris, M. gilmanii, Riccia, Moerckia hibernica, Schistochilopsis laxa, Gymnocolea inflata, Blasia pusilla, Rhynchostegium sp, Andreaea rupestris, Crossocalyx hellerianus, Scapania sp., Antitrichia curtipendula, , Tritomaria sp., Barbilophozia sp., Fossombronia sp., Bryum klinggraefii, Nardia sp, Solenostoma.

Targets: Moerckia hibernica, Tritomaria T. quinquedentata, T. execta, T. exectiformis), Riccia (excluding R. fluitans and R. sorocarpa), Scapania (S. curta, S. nemorea, S. paludicola), Barbilophozia (B. barbata, B. lycopoides), Fossombronia (F. flotoviana, F. wondraczekii), Lophozia excisa, L. ascendens, Nardia scalaris, N. geoscyphus, Solenostoma (S. gracillimum, S. sphaerocarpum), Mesoptychia (M. badensis, M.gilmanii, M. collaris) Meesia (M. uliginosa, M. longiseta, M. hexasticha, M. triquerta), Campylopus flexuosus, Pseudocalliergon trifarium, Kurzia pauciflora, Riccia hueberiana, R. beyrichiana, Frullania tamarisci, Amblyodon dealbatus, Dicranoweisia crispula, Dicranodontium denudatum, Ctenidium molluscum, Taxiphyllum wissgrillii, Brachythecium plumosum, Orthotrichum lyellii, Tortella tortuosa, Bryum klinggraefii, B. schleicherii, B. intermedium, B. neodamse, Pelekium minutulum, Pottia lanceolata, Trematodon ambiguus, Antitrichia curtipendula, Bartramia pomiformis, Catoscopium nigritum, and other rare and ultra rare and probably extincted species for Belarus...

Independent young researcher from Belarus. Bryology (botany). I'm not a specialist or scientist. Enthusiast. I'm a student and have no such large experience, so I'll be thankful both to all who correct my mistakes and agree with right identified observations.
Languages: English, Russian, Belarusian. Understand Ukrainian and Polish.

Interesting about:
• rare species of plants: Red Book plants, also taking in consideration species from the Preventive Protection list and international protection lists (IUCN, CITES)
•MOSSES
• sometimes lichens and fungi

My name is Aliaksei Aleksandrovich Astrelin (Алексей Александрович Астрелин), student of biological faculty of BSU, cooperating with Center of Experimental Botany.