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Bog Beacon (mitrula paludosa)

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Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune) Male plant.

Oxford Plants 400

A large moss that can reach heights of 70cm.

It cannot survive using water that passes over its leaf surface alone.

It has a very simple system of water conducting cells, unlike other mosses.

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Ctenophora pectinicornis ♀︎

The males have feathered antenna and a more striking colour pattern.

Thanks to James for id via twitter

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Dog's Vomit (Filago septica)

Tony commented

Dog's Vomit slime mould - I don't think so - more like Mucilago crustacea going over from colour and bobbly bits at bottom.

SO

Mucilago crustacea

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Dor Beetle (Geotropes stercoratus)

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Fungus Sp?

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Fungus Sp?

Tony commented

This is a Lentaria sp.

Very rarely recorded.

Unfortunately Yvonne has not been able to find any spores,
the width of which would separate species.

So

Lentaria Sp?

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Hard Fern unfurling (Blechnum spicant)

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Fungus Sp?

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Acrospermum compressum on a dead nettle stem (Urtica doiica)

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Slightly dried Common Jelly Spot (Dacrymyces stillatus)

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Willow Barkspot (Diatrype bullata)

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Melanospora lagenaria on Birch Mazegill (Lenzites betulina)

Tony L commented

This bracket was not on the fungus list for the day and I don't think we found it.
I think your photo might be of Melanospora lagenaria on Birch Polypore.

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Diaportha crustosa

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A favourite - particularly the loopy stage of the unfurling stamens.

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Sanicle rust on a leaf stem

Vicky first found it on a petiole and according to the Dutch Rust book ‘Roesten’,
only Stage I (aecia) occurs on the petiole. Vicky subsequently found it on the
underside of a living leaf. I took a piece (on underside of leaf) home
but I couldn’t extract any material to confirm the stage.

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Puccinia saniculae

It would be good to see the mature form of this.

Looking at online photos it's similar in appearance to Nettle rust (Puccinia urtica)

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Mature Sanicle Leaf

Sanicle (Sanicula europea)

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Slime Mould Sp

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A fungus parasatising a Slime Mold

Trichia Sp

Tony L commented

The modern name for the parasitic fungus on Trichia favoginea is Polycephalomyces tomentosus.

Ellis & Ellis point towards Blistrum ovalisporum or Blistrum tometosum as Tony has commented.

There's a lovely picture from Wikipedia here showing Blistrum ovalisporum.

Blistrum tomentosum AKA Polycephalomyces tomentosus - Ron Wolf on Flicker

An image similar to ours from Sweden

Tony L pointed out there are four kingdoms involved in this conundrum

FOUR out of FIVE KINGDOMS?

A PROTISTA - Slime Mould
feeding on MONERA (Bacteria)
living on dead wood PLANTAE
parasitised by a fungus FUNGI
But the fifth kingdom ANIMALIA was present
to appreciate it all.

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Oak Leaf-roller Weevil ( Attelabus nitens)

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