British Bryological Society

Autumn Meeting in Meirionnydd

Day 2

SH5922 COED Cors y Gedol



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Beefsteak Fungus (Fistuline hepatica)



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Collared Parachute (Marasmius rotula)



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Revolute Beard-moss (Pseudocrossidium revolutum)



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Cylindric Beard-moss (Didymodon insulanus)



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



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Creeping Fingerwort (Lepidozia reptans)



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Large/Smaller White Moss Leucobryum glaucum/juniperoideum



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Lichen Sp?



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Forked Veilwort (Metzgeria furcata)



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Ulotta Sp + ?



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Moss Sp?

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

Thanks to Mark Lawley for id help.





Bigg Shaggy -moss (Rytidiadelphus triquetrus)

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Grove Earwort (Scapania nemorosa)

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Greater Fork-moss (Dicranum majus)



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Lesser Featherwort (Plagiochila porelloides)



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Pinnate Scalewort (Porella pinnata)



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Least Crystalwort (Riccia subbifurca)



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Handsome Wollywort (Tricholea tomentella)



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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

Orange Balsam - Jewellweed - Orange Jewelweed - Spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)



Blusher (Amanita rubescens)



Buff Footman (EIlema depressa)



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Water Chickweed (Stellaria aquatica)





Collared Parachute (Marasmius rotula)



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Immature ♂︎



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Short-winged Conehead (Conocephalus dorsalis) although as Tony has said you need to watch out for long-winged variety (macropterous form) of short-winged conehead.



Tipula Sp One of a number of craneflies that hold their wings in line with the body at rest. The marbled wings suggest one of two smaller craneflies. T confuse or T rufina

but you need a thorax side view to be certain.



Dark Bush Cricket - Adult (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)

Only ever see the little ones early in the year before. A number of these splayed out adults on the vegetation today - stunning



Dead Man's Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha)



Willow Emerald Damselfly (Chalcostes viridis)





Lasiosperma ovina





Ganoderma Sp (G australe)



Grisette (Amanita virginata)





Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea)

A male blue form?



Common Hemp-nettle (Galeopsis tetrahit)









Melanostoma Sp ♂︎(mellinum perhaps) on Mugwort (Artemesia vulgaris)



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Longhorn Beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata)



Marsh Sowthistle (Sonchus palustirs)



Meadowsweet Gall caused by the gall midge Dasineura pustulans



Meadowsweet Rust - Triphragmium ulmariae



Mycena amongst the Moss

Mycena





Oak Maze Gill (Daedalea quercina)



Mycena acicular



Fungus on Reed stems

Marasmius curreyi



Fungus 4?





Skullcap (Scutellaria gallericulata)




Slime Mold Sp (Fuligo septica)











Small Teasle (Dipsacus pilosus)













The Amber Snail with the flashing eye.

The amazing snail with the pulsating eye was caused by a parasitic flatworm Leucochloridium paradoxum (the Green-banded broodsac)










A Toothed Fungus - Zoned Tooth Fungus (Hydnellum concrescens)




Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulis)







Alder Tongue Curl (Taphrina alni)

Thanks to Yvonne & Tony for id help and corrections.

Tags: OrangeBalsam, Blusher, BuffFootman, AlderTongueCurl, GanodermaSp, Grisette, WaterChickweed, GuelderRose, ZonedToothFungus, SmallTeasle, SlimeMoldSp, OakMazeGill, MeadowsweetRust, MarshSowthistle, LonghornBeetleSp, HoverflySp, CommonHemp-nettle, DeadMan'sFingers, CollaredParachute, Short-wingedConehead, DarkBushCricket, CraneflySp, SouthernHawker