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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.

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16 Spot Ladybird ( Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata)

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Annual Knawel (Scleranthus annuus)

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Lateral Cryphaea ( Cryphaea heteromalla)

You can clearly see the difference between the old and new capsules

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Frillwort Sp (Fossombronia Sp)

(to be confirmed)

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Wood Bristle-moss (Lewinsky affine)

Unusually growing on stone

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Lecanora hybocarpa completely covering the trunk of a tree in the car park,

(Except for the area below the tree guard)

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Lichen Sp 1

Cladonia Sp

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Jelly Lichen Sp

Possibly Leptogium turgidum

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Lichen Sp 2

Lecanora muralis

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A nice patch containing Grimmia pulvinata, Schistidium crassipilum & Orthotrichum anomalum.

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Anomalous Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum anomalum)

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White-tipped Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum)

You can see the 16 peristome teeth very clearly on some of the capsules.

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Lichen Sp 3

Dog Lichen Sp (Pelitgera Sp)

Peligera hymenina

From

Dorset Nature

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Male plants

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Juniper Haircap (Polytrichum juniperinum)

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Physcia tenella

turned out to be

Hypotrachyna afrorevoluta

from

British Lichen Society

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Thickpoint Grimmia (Schistidium crassipilum)

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Tortula sp

(to be confirmed)

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Common Pottia (Tortula truncata) capsule

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Taper-leaved Awl-moss (Pleuridium acuminatum)

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Pohlia Sp

Probably

Pale-fruited Thread-moss (Pohlia annotina) complete with bulbils

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Xanthoria elegans

A very deep bright orange that looks a bit like broken coral at the margins

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Green - tufted Stubble-moss (Weissia controversa var controversa))

In this case growing on the side of the sand pit

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Growing on the stones along the track

Lecidella stigmatea

With Grateful thanks to Rob Yaxley the Norfolk Lichen Recorder for ids, comments and corrections.

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