British Bryological Society

Autumn Meeting in Meirionnydd

Day 5

SH7129 Gelli-goch



1



2

Spiral Extinguisher-moss (Encalypta streptocarpa)



3

Harvestmen Sp?





3

Filmy Fern Sp?



4
Fissidens Sp?



5



6



7

Greater Water-moss (Fontinalis anitpyretica) Found in the stream pictured above.



8



9

Pellia Sp?



9

Prickly Featherwort (Plagiochila spinulosa)



10

Yellow Fringe-moss (Racomitrum aciculare)



11



12

The coarsely toothed hair points looking very like part of a Mandelbrot set.

Woolly Fringe-moss (Racomitrum lanuginosum)



13



14

Rustyback Fern (Cetarach officinarum)



15

Thickpoint Grimmia (Schistidium crassipilum)

Possible a Racomitrum?

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



16



17

Flagellate Feather-moss (Hyocomium armoricum)



18



19



20

Holt's Mouse-tail Moss (Isothecium holtii)



21



22

Lichen Sp

Possibly a Dermatocarpon Lichen or similar.



23

Frizzled Pincushion (Ulota phyllantha)



24

Sphagnum Sp?



25

Sphagnum Sp?



26

Ladder Flapwort (Nardia scalars with a Two- horned Pincerwort Cepholozia bicuspidata in the bottom left hand corner.



27

Two-horned Pincerwort (Cephalozia bicuspidata)



28

Serrated Earth-moss (Ephemerum serratum) nestled in a bed of a Frillwort Sp (Frossombronia Sp)

Not quite

Actually Delicate Earth-moss (Pseudephemerum nitidum) nestled in a bed of a Frillwort Sp (Frossombronia Sp)

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



29

?



30



31



32



33

In this picture you can clearly see the cells in the middle of the leaf are very different from the rest. Rather like a tower block of elongated cells running to halfway up the leaf.

These appear colourless under a hand lens in the field.

White Earwort (Diplophyllum albicans)

Tags: SpiralExtinguisher-moss, HarvestmenSp, GreaterWater-moss, WhiteEarwort, FrillwortSp, DelicateEarth-moss, LadderFlapwort, Two-hornedPincerwort, SphagnumSp, FrizzledPincushion, Holt'sMouse-tailMoss, FlagellateFeather-moss, ThickpointGrimmia, RustybackFern, WoollyFringe-moss, YellowFringe-moss, PricklyFeatherwort

British Bryological Society

Autumn Meeting in Meirionnydd

Day 4 Afternoon

SH7425 Dol-frwynog



1

Rustwort (Nowellia curvifolia)



2

Green Mountain Fringe-moss (Racomitrum fasciculare)

Unlikely because of the Hyaline Leaf tips

Thus

?

I think this is Racomitrun lanuginosum when it is wet. In striking contrast to when dry.

Although both conditions are striking.

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



3

Greater Whipwort (Bazzania trilobata)










4

Liverwort Sp

became

Palmate Germanderwort (Riccardia palmata)

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



5

Lindberg's Plait-moss (Calliergonella lindbergii)

Tags: Rustwort, GreenMountainFringe-moss, GreaterWhipwort, PalmateGermanderwort, Lindbergh'sPlait-moss

British Bryological Society

Autumn Meeting in Meirionnydd

Day 4 - Morning

SH7022 Coed Ganllwyd



1



2



3



4



5

Prostrate Signal-moss (Sematophyllum demissum)



6

Heller's Notchwort (Anastrophyllum helleranium)

Apologies this is the one I thought I was looking at but I seem to have photographed something quite different. And not the best photograph either.

So

Definitely need to go back here with a different lens set up.

This one is more likely a Tritomaria Sp either Cut/Large Cut Notchwort (Tritomaria exsecta/exsectiformis)

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.




7

Toothed Pouncewort (Drenolejeunea hamatifolia)

Tags: Landscape, ProstrateSignal-moss, Heller'sNotchwort, ToothedPouncewort

British Bryological Society

Autumn Meeting in Meirionnydd

Day 3

SH6929 Afon Crawcwelt



1



2



3

Earth Clay-moss (Archidium alternifolium)



4

Bog Aspodel Seed Head (Narthecium ossifragrum)



5

Red beard-moss (Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum)



6

Alpine Thread-moss (Bryan alpinum)



7



8

Tall-clustered Thread-moss (Bryan pallescens)



9



10

Heath Star-moss (Campylopus introflexus)

Knew I'd remembered this incorrectly.

In actual fact

Rusty Swan-neck Moss (Campylopus flexuosus) for which capsules are quite rare, which is why Agneta pointed them out. (Thank you)

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



11

Fingered Cowlwort (Colura calyptrifolia)



12

Eyebright Sp



13



14

Tamarisk Scalewort (Frullenia tamarisci)



15

Sharp-leaved Blindia (Blindia acuta)



16

Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune)



17

Green Mountain Fringe-moss (Racomitrum fasciculare)

Probably not because of the hyaline leaf tips.

Thus

?

I think this is Racomitrun lanuginosum when it is wet. In striking contrast to when dry.

Although both conditions are striking.



18

Bristly/ Lesser Fringe-moss ( Racomitrum heterostichum/affine)



19

Sphagnum Sp



20

Sphagnum Sp



21

Possibly Dense Haircap (Polytrichum commune var perigoniale)



22

Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune var commune)

Tags: EarthClay-moss, BogAsphodel, RedBeard-moss, CommonHaircap, SphagnumSp, Bristly/LesserFringe-moss, GreenMountainFringe-moss, CommonHaircap, Landscape, TamariskScalewort, Eyebright, FingeredCowlwort, HeathStar-moss, Tall-clusteredThread-moss, AlpineThread-moss

British Bryological Society

Autumn Meeting in Meirionnydd

Day 2

SH5922 COED Cors y Gedol



1

Beefsteak Fungus (Fistuline hepatica)



2

Collared Parachute (Marasmius rotula)



3

Revolute Beard-moss (Pseudocrossidium revolutum)



4

Cylindric Beard-moss (Didymodon insulanus)



5



6

Welsh Pocket-moss (Fissidens Celticus) with kinked vein x200



7



8



9



10



11



12

Creeping Fingerwort (Lepidozia reptans)



13



14

Large/Smaller White Moss Leucobryum glaucum/juniperoideum



15



16

Lichen Sp?



17

Forked Veilwort (Metzgeria furcata)



18

Ulotta Sp + ?



19

Moss Sp?

Possibly Long-beaked Water Feather-moss (Platyhypnidium riparoides)

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.





Bigg Shaggy -moss (Rytidiadelphus triquetrus)

20



21



22



23



24



25



Grove Earwort (Scapania nemorosa)

26



27



28

Greater Fork-moss (Dicranum majus)



29

Lesser Featherwort (Plagiochila porelloides)



30



31



32

Pinnate Scalewort (Porella pinnata)



33

Least Crystalwort (Riccia subbifurca)



34



35



36

Handsome Wollywort (Tricholea tomentella)



37

Shining Hookera (Hookeria lucens)

Tags: CollaredParachute, BeefsteakFungus, ForkedVeilwort, Long-beakedWaterFeather-moss, ShiningHookera, BigShaggy-moss, LesserFeatherwort, PinnateScalewort, LeastCrystalwort, HandsomeWoollywort, UlotaSp, CylindricBeard-moss, Large/SmallerWhiteMoss, CreepingFingerwort, WelshPocket-moss, RevoluteBeard-moss

British Bryological Society

Autumn Meeting in Meirionnydd

Day1

SH6920 East of Coed Garth Gell




1



2

Lichen Sp?

A Peltigaria Sp?

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



3

?

Possibly Marsupelia Sp

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



4



5

A spectacular lichen spreading up the trunk of an Oak tree.

Lobaria pulmonaria

from the

Lichen Society




6

Ulotta Sp?



7



8

?

Schistidium Sp?

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



9

Prickly Featherwort (Plagiochila spinulosa)



10

Urn Haircap (Pogonatum urnigerum)



11

Ulota Sp + Forked Veilwort (Metzgeria furcata)



12

White Earwort (Diplophyllum albicans)



12



13



14

Nut-moss (Diphyscium foliosum)



15



16

Spiral Extinguisher-moss (Encalypta streptocarpa)

Tags: Landscape, LichenSp, PricklyFeatherwort, UrnHaircap, UlotaSp, SpiralExtinguisher-moss, Nut-moss, WhiteEarwort