Bryology is the branch of botany concerned with the scientific study of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts). Bryologists are people who have an active interest in observing, recording, classifying or researching bryophytes. ==Etymology== (Greek bryon, a moss, a liverwort) ==History== Bryophytes were first studied in detail in the 18th c... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryology