Contribution to the knowledge of the bryological flora of Molise (Southern Italy)

Molise is one of the least known Italian administrative regions from a bryological point of view. The data collected during some bryological excursions in Molise are here reported. The list includes 88 species, of which 26 are new or confirmed for the regional flora: Antitrichia curtipendula , Cryphaea heteromalla , Dialytrichia mucronata , Eurhynchium striatum , Fabronia pusilla , Frullania tamarisci , Fontinalis antipyretica , Gymnostomum aeruginosum , Isothecium myosuroides , Leptodon smithii , Lewinskya speciosa , Marchantia quadrata , Neckera pumila , Nogopterium gracile , Oxyrrhinchium hians , Plagiomnium rostratum , Plagiothecium nemorale , Plasteurhynchium striatulum , Porella arboris-vitae , Schistidium crassipilum , Scleropodium touretii , Scorpiurium circinatum , Syntrichia papillosa , Syntrichia virescens , Thuidium tamariscinum , Tortella flavovirens var. flavovirens.