Smallburgh Fen
A calcareous mire
Small pools interpsersed with Black-bog Rush (Schoenus nigricans)
Woodland edge
Lichen Sp
Frizzled Pincushion (Plenogemma phyllantha -Ulotta phyllantha)
Larger Mousetail-moss (Isothecium alopecuroides)
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum)
Dotted Thyme-moss (Rhizomnium puntactum)
Marsh Bryum (Bryun pseudotriquetrum)
Hair Pointed Feather-moss (Cirriphyllum piliferum)
Thick-nerved Apple-moss (Philonotis calcarea)
Felmingham
Early Bumble Bee (Bombus pratorum)
Chickweed (Stellaria media)
Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax ♂︎)
Bramble Leaf Mining Moth (Stigmella aurea)
Red Deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)
Redshank (Ceratadon purpureus)
Strumpshaw Fen
Willow Sp
Cladonia Sp
♀︎s
That moment after copulation
Clark's Mining Bee (Andrena clarkella)
♂︎s
♀︎s
Clark's Mining Bee also in the sandpit.
Early Nomad (Nomada leucopthalma)
All images♀︎s
Brundall
Field Woodrush (Luzula campestris)
Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes)
Cromer
One of two Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba) over Cromer Golfcourse
Cley
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) & Yellow Dung Flies (Scathopagia stercoraria)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Medley
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) over the scrapes & Chineses Water Deer (Hydropotes inemis)
Strumpshaw Fen
♂︎
A little bit of a tussell over a nest hole
♀︎
Female digging a nest
♂︎
Clarke's Mining Bee (Andrena clarkella)
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
Common Grey Disco? (Molliisia cinerea)
Lichen Sp 1
Lichen Sp 2
Lichen Sp 3
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum)
Bluish Veilwort (Metzgeria fruticulosa)
Pincushion Sp (Ulotta Sp)
Pillbug (Armadilldium vulgare)
Wayland Wood
Hornbeam Stool (Carpinus betulus)
Yellow Star of Bethlehem (Gagea lutea) still in bud.
Lichen Sp
Pensthorpe Nature Reserve
A grand day out with the Norfolk & Suffolk Bryophyte Group
WIth Grateful thanks to Pensthorpe for allowing us to explore their reserve.
16 Spot Ladybird ( Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata)
Annual Knawel (Scleranthus annuus)
Lateral Cryphaea ( Cryphaea heteromalla)
You can clearly see the difference between the old and new capsules
Frillwort Sp (Fossombronia Sp)
(to be confirmed)
Wood Bristle-moss (Lewinsky affine)
Unusually growing on stone
Lecanora hybocarpa completely covering the trunk of a tree in the car park,
(Except for the area below the tree guard)
Lichen Sp 1
Cladonia Sp
Jelly Lichen Sp
Possibly Leptogium turgidum
Lichen Sp 2
Lecanora muralis
A nice patch containing Grimmia pulvinata, Schistidium crassipilum & Orthotrichum anomalum.
Anomalous Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum anomalum)
White-tipped Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum)
You can see the 16 peristome teeth very clearly on some of the capsules.
Lichen Sp 3
Dog Lichen Sp (Pelitgera Sp)
Peligera hymenina
From
Dorset Nature
Male plants
Juniper Haircap (Polytrichum juniperinum)
Physcia tenella
turned out to be
Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta
from
British Lichen Society
Thickpoint Grimmia (Schistidium crassipilum)
Tortula sp
(to be confirmed)
Common Pottia (Tortula truncata) capsule
Taper-leaved Awl-moss (Pleuridium acuminatum)
Pohlia Sp
Probably
Pale-fruited Thread-moss (Pohlia annotina) complete with bulbils
Xanthoria elegans
A very deep bright orange that looks a bit like broken coral at the margins
Green - tufted Stubble-moss (Weissia controversa var controversa))
In this case growing on the side of the sand pit
Growing on the stones along the track
Lecidella stigmatea
With Grateful thanks to Rob Yaxley the Norfolk Lichen Recorder for ids, comments and corrections.
Earlham Cemetery
Friends of Earlham Cemetery
Walk
Looking for Lichens
with
Rob Yaxley
The Norfolk Lichen Recorder
1
? surrounded by the Algae Trentepohlia
The ? remains on this one.
2
Very heavily mollusc grazed so impossible to identify.
3
Verrucaria nigrescens (Left) & possibly Verrucaria macrostoma (Right)
Confirmed
4
Lecanora campestris
5
Toninia aromatica
When seen earlier in the day the hint of green was more obvious than the image shows.
From
Dorset Nature
6
Psilolechia lucida
7
Hammered Shield Lichen (Parmelia sulcata)
British Lichen Society
8
Salted Shield Lichen or Crottle (Parmelia saxatilis)
The lower image clearly shows the Isidia (Vegatative structure that contains algal cells and fungal hyphae.) Some detach to form new thallus
The difference between Isidia and Soredia from Plant 4U
British Lichen Society
9
Porpidia tubercolosa (above) & Candelarella vitalina (below)
10
A question mark remains?
European Larch (Larix decidua)
11
Leptogium Sp
Probably Leptogium gelatinosa
So reminiscent of seaweed.
12
Collema auriforme
British Lichen Society
13
Leptogium turgidum
Three Species of fantastical Jelly Lichen
14
Protoblastenia rupestris
15
Another question mark?
An interesting series of Blog Posts from Reading University to begin to get to grips with Lichen
The Lichen Symbiosis Part 1
The Lichen Symbiosis Part 2
The Lichen Symbiosis Part 3
The Lichen Symbiosis Part 4
Oak Toothcrust (Ramulomyces molaris)
Found by Sam and confirmed by James and Neil on the NFSG Facebook page.
Slime Mold Sp Comatricha nigra
Rosellinia aquila
Hemisphaeric Liverwort (Reboulia hemisphaerica)
Grateful thanks to the Norfolk Lichen Recorder
Rob Yaxley
for
a
fascinating
morning.
Rex Graham Reserve
The Rex Graham Reserve
on the
Norfolk - Suffolk Border
Known for the only East Anglian site of Military Orchid and only the third site in the country.
Military Orchid (Orchis militaris)
A few more pictures pf the Orchids from 2017
The Rex Graham Reserve in late winter/early spring
Daphne Mazereum plus scent
Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia ciratta)
Common Extinguisher-moss (Encalypta vulgaris)
Pleurocarp Moss (Mosses that form freely branched intricate mats) Medley
Stem Leaf You can just see the twin nerve.
Big Shaggy-moss (Rytidiadelphus triquetrus) Recently renamed as Hylocomidiadelphus triquetrus.
A large bushy moss with irregularly branched red stems.
The leaves tend to point in a variety of directions. You can clearly this species in the medley photo above.
BBS Field Guide
A very neat red stemmed moss. The leaves lie close to the stem.
Red-stemmed feather-moss ((Pleurozium schreberi)
BBS Field Guide
You can see this in the foreground of the medley above.
Another red-stemmed species
Glittering Wood-moss (Hylocomnium splendens)
All of these were seen on the bank when we first went into the reserve.
BBS Field Guide
If you look carefully in the medly photo above you can find another two species we saw there.
Neat Feather-moss (Pseudoscleropodium purum) & Springy Turf-moss (Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus)
Rock Bristle-moss (Seligaria Sp)?
In
fact
Chalk Rock-bristle (Seligeria calcarea)
Yellow Starry Feather-moss (Campylium stellatum)
BBS Field Guide
Peltigera Sp?
Three Hills Reserve
A windrow.
Lines across the field where the tree stumps of past plantations provide a slightly elevated micro habitat.
Redshank seta and capsules. (Ceratadon purpureus)
Common Whitlow Grass (Erophila verna)
Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus)
More often not seen at night so very nice to find this one today.
Mossy Stonecrop (Crassula tillaea) A rare native plant and Breckland speciality.
Great Mullein Rosette? (Verbascum thapsus)?
Male plants with modified leaves forming small terminal 'flowers'
The hairs on the hair cap are particularly conspicuous here
Juniper Haircap (Polytrichum juniperinum)
x10
x20
The nerve extends to the tip of the phyllid and the cells are essentially square.
Olive Beard-moss (Didymodon tophaceus) ?
Having grown this on
it turned out to be
Redshank (Ceratodon purpureus)
Rue-leaved Saxifrage rosette (Saxifraga tridactylites)
Slime Mold Sp? & friend?
Common Shepherd's-cress (Teesdalia naudicaulis)
Common Stork's-bill Rosette (Erodium cicutarium)
Dwarf Thistle Rosette (Cirsium acaule)
and
an unexpected
beautiful
extra one
from
just down the road
at
Rampart's Field
Hoary Fringe-moss (Racomitrium cannescens)
Earlham Cemetery
A wonderful morning turning over logs in Earlham Cemetry
Rilaena triangularis
Dicranopalpus larvatus
Eremocoris podagricus perhaps?
British Bugs
Moth Caterpillar Sp?
The feet are just superb
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Great Plait-moss (Hypnum lacunosum)