In 1832, at the age of 48 he retired from military service to concentrate on the study of cryptogams ( mosses, algae, lichens and fungi ).
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She focused her efforts along the southern shores of Cornwall, mainly around the River Fal basin, with particular attention to marine algae ( seaweeds ) and cryptogams.
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While keeping company with them, he stayed away from university and studied on his own by reading books and collecting plants in the mountains, particularly cryptogams including fungi and lichens.
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:: : Secondly, while the term'cryptogams'is obsolete as a taxonomic term, it is still widely used as an informal grouping of plants by professional botanists.
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Also, the French " Mus�um National d'Histoire Naturelle " still has a " Laboratoire de Cryptogamie " as a department dedicated to the study of cryptogams.
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During World War II, the Government Code and Cypher School recruited Geoffrey Tandy, a marine biologist expert in cryptogams, to Station X, Bletchley Park when someone confused these with cryptograms.
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He was best known for his work on the flora of the Swiss Alps, cryptogams, and the Polygalaceae or Milkwort plant family, as well as his years in the publishing industry.
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Not all cryptogams are treated as part of the plant kingdom; the fungi, in particular, are regarded as a separate kingdom, more closely related to animals than plants, while polyphyletic.
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Russel had an interest in cryptogams ( plants that reproduce using spores ), and he was Professor of Botany and Horticultural Physiology for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society from 1831 until his death in 1873.
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The best known groups of cryptogams are algae, lichens, mosses and ferns, but it also includes non-photosynthetic organisms traditionally classified as plants, such as fungi, slime molds, and bacteria.
