Welcome

Welcome to the British Phycological Society's Website. The Society, founded in 1952, was one of the first to be formed in the world, and is the largest in Europe. It publishes the European Journal of Phycology, and organises an Annual Meeting each year in January at locations throughout Britain and Ireland. It provides funding for students and others to attend meetings and fieldcourses and organises and funds annual field courses.

This website provides a summary of the Society's activities and events.

Membership

Membership of the British Phycological Society is open to everybody. Cick here to download a pdf of the Society's brochure. You can join on-line with a secure credit-card payment or you can download a form and send it with your remittance to the Society's Membership Secretary.

The Biology of Algae

The biology of algae is a duty or a task,
That consumes the better portion of your time
In the sampling of waters from an ocean, or a flask,
Or a snowfield, or a gutter full of slime.
You get cold, and wet, and grubby; you get dusty, hot, and dry;
You get dismal, and dejected, and defied;
But you'll find that, if you are lucky - if you're good - and if you try,
You can do a little science on the side.

- Ralph Arnold Lewin (1921-2008)