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A grand day out for Norfolk, Suffolk & Cambridgeshire Bryologists at East Wretham

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Langmere

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A lone broken Scot's Pine (Pinus sylvestris) in the middle of Langemere

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This taken on the day.

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This one from a week later.

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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.

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Finger's crossed for when the calyptras come off?

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In amongst the Physcomitrium

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Silver Birch

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Harnbeam (Carpinus betulus)

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Lyell's Bristle-moss (Pulvigera lyellii)

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Pincushion Sp (Ulota Sp)

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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.

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Fruiting Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia ciratta)

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Fen Mere

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Fen Mere

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Ring Mere

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Ringmere

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Slime Mold Sp

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Golden Thread-moss (Leptobryum pyriforme)

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Clustered Feather-moss (Rhynchostegium confertum)

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Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) Alley

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Oak (Quercus robur)

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1 Lecanora chlarotera perhaps?

Turned out to be

Leconora hybocarpa

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2?

Became

Rough Speckled Shield (Punctelia Subrudecta)

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3?

Became Oakmoss (Evernia prunastri)

from

British Lichen Society

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3? or 4? Ramalina farinacea perhaps

Confirmed

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5? Fuscidea lightfootii perhaps?

Became

Lecidella elaeochroma

From

The British Lichen Society



Thanks to Rob Yaxley - The Norfolk Lichen Recorder for ids, corrections & comments.

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Yoke-moss Sp (Zygodon Sp)

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Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia cirrata)

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Spectacular Silver Birch in the evening sunshine

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Corvid roost





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