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.
