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)
EastWretham
A grand day out for Norfolk, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire Bryologists at East Wretham
Langmere
A lone broken Scot's Pine (Pinus sylvestris) in the middle of Langemere
This taken on the day.
This one from a week later.
Paraphyses and antheridia
Compare to the diagram in Watson Pg 22
The challenge now is to find archgonia
Physcomitrium eurystomum
We took a small sample and have grown it on.
It took almost a month for these to appear. 
Finger's crossed for when the calyptras come off?
In amongst the Physcomitrium
Silver Birch
Harnbeam (Carpinus betulus)
Lyell's Bristle-moss (Pulvigera lyellii)
Pincushion Sp (Ulota Sp)
Straw Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum stramineum)
Capsules when mature sit above the leaves. Thus these were not quite mature but you can see the sparse hairs and the dark tips.
The white hairs at the base of the seta were also present as well as the dark antheridia.
Fruiting Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia ciratta)
Fen Mere
Fen Mere
Ring Mere
Ringmere
Slime Mold Sp
Golden Thread-moss (Leptobryum pyriforme)
Clustered Feather-moss (Rhynchostegium confertum)
Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) Alley
Oak (Quercus robur)
1 Lecanora chlarotera perhaps?
Turned out to be
Leconora hybocarpa
2?
Became
Rough Speckled Shield (Punctelia Subrudecta)
3?
Became Oakmoss (Evernia prunastri)
from
British Lichen Society
3? or 4? Ramalina farinacea perhaps
Confirmed
5? Fuscidea lightfootii perhaps?
Became
Lecidella elaeochroma
From
The British Lichen Society
Thanks to Rob Yaxley - The Norfolk Lichen Recorder for ids, corrections & comments.
Yoke-moss Sp (Zygodon Sp)
Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia cirrata)
Spectacular Silver Birch in the evening sunshine
Corvid roost
EastWretham
A grand day out for Norfolk, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire Bryologists at East Wretham
Langmere
A lone broken Scot's Pine (Pinus sylvestris) in the middle of Langemere
This taken on the day.
This one from a week later.
Paraphyses and antheridia
Compare to the diagram in Watson Pg 22
The challenge now is to find archgonia
Physcomitrium eurystomum
We took a small sample and have grown it on.
It took almost a month for these to appear.
Finger's crossed for when the calyptras come off?
In amongst the Physcomitrium
Silver Birch
Harnbeam (Carpinus betulus)
Lyell's Bristle-moss (Pulvigera lyellii)
Pincushion Sp (Ulota Sp)
Straw Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum stramineum)
Capsules when mature sit above the leaves. Thus these were not quite mature but you can see the sparse hairs and the dark tips.
The white hairs at the base of the seta were also present as well as the dark antheridia.
Fruiting Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia ciratta)
Fen Mere
Fen Mere
Ring Mere
Ringmere
Slime Mold Sp
Golden Thread-moss (Leptobryum pyriforme)
Clustered Feather-moss (Rhynchostegium confertum)
Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) Alley
Oak (Quercus robur)
1 Lecanora chlarotera perhaps?
Turned out to be
Leconora hybocarpa
2?
Became
Rough Speckled Shield (Punctelia Subrudecta)
3?
Became Oakmoss (Evernia prunastri)
from
British Lichen Society
3? or 4? Ramalina farinacea perhaps
Confirmed
5? Fuscidea lightfootii perhaps?
Became
Lecidella elaeochroma
From
The British Lichen Society
Thanks to Rob Yaxley - The Norfolk Lichen Recorder for ids, corrections & comments.
Yoke-moss Sp (Zygodon Sp)
Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia cirrata)
Spectacular Silver Birch in the evening sunshine
Corvid roost
Thurgarton Church
Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Common Pincushion (Dicranowesia cirrata)
Trentepohlia Algae
Candelariella medians perhaps?
Confirmed
Caloplaca flavescens
Verrucaria nigrescens var nigrescens
Opegrapha calcarea perhaps? & Caloplaca flavescens.
Confirmed
6
Caloplaca flavescens but also a black element.
Black element Muellerella lichenicola
Heavily grazed
Physcia caesia perhaps?
Confirmed
Polysporina simplex perhaps?
Confirmed
10
Tephromela Sp perhaps. atra, ganguloides?
Tephromela atra is the eastern one.
Grateful thanks to the Norfolk Lichen recorder (Rob Yaxley) for help with ids
Hoveton Hall
Common Pincushion (Dicranowiesia ciratta)
Dry rot (Serpula hermantioides)
Frothy Porecrust (Oxyporus latemarginatus)
Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum)
Slime Mold Sp - Badhamia utricularis?
Slime Mold - Trichia decipiens
Slime Mold - Craterium minutum
Slime Mold Sp - Arcyria denudata
Slime Mold Sp - Diderma Sp
Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)
Snowy Disco (Lachnum virgeneum)
Small starburst fungus Volutella ciliata
Yellow Brain (Tremella mesenterica) on Peniophora cinerea on Ivy.
Signs from a tree trunk
Velvet Shank (Flammulina Sp)
Praetumfia obducens
Nitschkia cupularis
Ganoderma Sp?
Maple Wash (Dendrothele acerina)
Common Bird's Nest Fungus (Crucibulum leave)
Red Thread (Laetisaria fuciformis)
Dennisiella babingtonii on Laurel
Cocoon of Azalea Leaf Miner (Caloptilla azaleella)
Mycosphaerella isariphora
Ramularia superflua on Nettle
Scirrhia ramosa
