Houghen Plantation

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Hoof Fungus (Fomes fomentarius)

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Woodwart Sp on Silver Birch (Hypoxylon Sp)

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Green Orb-Weaver (Arienella cucurbitina)

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Gorse Seed Weevil (Exapion ulicis)

Fascinating details from

The Cabinet of Curiosities


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Gooden's Nomad Bee (Nomada goodeniana) ♂︎

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Platycheirus Sp ♀︎(Platycheirus albimanus)

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Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax)

Hind Tibia black & white

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Heath Cudweed ? (Gnaphalium sylvaticum)

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Fungi or Lichen ? on a Silver Birch log

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False Puffball or Cauliflower Slimemold (Enteridium lycoperdon)

Two of the three stages. The top picture shows the mature stage with a papery slimey skin.

The lower picture shows an earlier stage. This was much softer of a marshmallow like texture and it holds finger imprints.


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Eye Lash Fungi (Scutellineia subhirtella)

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Myriosclerotinia curreyana growing on old Juncus stems

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The absolute surprise of the day. I thought I would have to go to Scotland to see these. Diminutive yet so vibrant.

Bog Beacon (Mitrula paludosa) in amongst Flat-topped Bog Moss (Sphagnum fallax)

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Spring Pin (Cudoniella clavus)

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Good for Bog beacon & Mosses and quiet afternoon picnics

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Coprinopsis stercorea on Cow Dung

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Heather Weevil (Micrelus ericae) One of two small heather Weevils. This one with red nose and red legs.

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Mollisia Sp

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Mixed Mollisia Sp (probably Mollisia cinerea) & Orbilla xanthostigma

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Heath Rustic Caterpillar

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A very pale Golden Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)

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Holly Speckle (Trochila ilicina) that is covering the upper side of the Holly Leaf doesn't generally go through to the underside of the leaf.

Holly Leaves a tough job for Fungi


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A very strange coating on submerged plant debris in the channel below the dam on the Houghen Plantation. Difficult to photograph because of the reflections.

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Bog Groove-moss (Aulucomnium palustre)

Thanks to James Emerson and Steve Judd for comments and corrections.

Many thanks also to Yvonne for the fungi corrections









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