British Bryological Society

Autumn Meeting in Meirionnydd

Day 5

SH7129 Gelli-goch



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Spiral Extinguisher-moss (Encalypta streptocarpa)



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Harvestmen Sp?





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Filmy Fern Sp?



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Fissidens Sp?



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



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Pellia Sp?



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Prickly Featherwort (Plagiochila spinulosa)



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Yellow Fringe-moss (Racomitrum aciculare)



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

Woolly Fringe-moss (Racomitrum lanuginosum)



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Rustyback Fern (Cetarach officinarum)



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Thickpoint Grimmia (Schistidium crassipilum)

Possible a Racomitrum?

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.



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Flagellate Feather-moss (Hyocomium armoricum)



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Holt's Mouse-tail Moss (Isothecium holtii)



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Lichen Sp

Possibly a Dermatocarpon Lichen or similar.



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Frizzled Pincushion (Ulota phyllantha)



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Sphagnum Sp?



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Sphagnum Sp?



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



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Two-horned Pincerwort (Cephalozia bicuspidata)



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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.



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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 3

SH6929 Afon Crawcwelt



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Earth Clay-moss (Archidium alternifolium)



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Bog Aspodel Seed Head (Narthecium ossifragrum)



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Red beard-moss (Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum)



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Alpine Thread-moss (Bryan alpinum)



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Tall-clustered Thread-moss (Bryan pallescens)



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Heath Star-moss (Campylopus introflexus)

Knew I'd remembered this incorrectly.

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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.



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Fingered Cowlwort (Colura calyptrifolia)



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Eyebright Sp



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Tamarisk Scalewort (Frullenia tamarisci)



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Sharp-leaved Blindia (Blindia acuta)



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Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune)



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Green Mountain Fringe-moss (Racomitrum fasciculare)

Probably not because of the hyaline leaf tips.

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

Although both conditions are striking.



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



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Sphagnum Sp



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Sphagnum Sp



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Possibly Dense Haircap (Polytrichum commune var perigoniale)



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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