My RSS Feed

Buckenham Wood

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-29T19:59:44+00:00

Bleeding Oak Crust (Stereum gausapatum) in a well developed over lapping stage.

Ochre Spreading Tooth (Steccherinum ochraceum)

A little bit more form

First Nature

Bleeding Broadleaved Crust (Stereum rugosa)

Crust Fungus (Cylindrobasidium laeve)

Crust Fungus (Peniophora limitata)

Margin edged in black and slightly uplifting in age.

Crust Fungus Sp?

from

Anne

The fluffy pink and orangey resupinate was just a pale Ceriporia purpurea. Spores etc matched and it turned a lovely purple in KOH.

Not a particularly common fungus if the NBN Atlas is anything to go buy.

Scarlet Elf Cup (Sarcoscypha Sp?

Is it Scarlet Elf Cup (S austriaca) or Ruby Elf Cup (S coccinea)

This was found to be Scarlet Elf Cup (S austriaca)

Curled hairs on the non fertile surface.

Fenugreek Stalkball (Phleogena faginea) Young above, order specimens below.

An interesting piece from Jeremy Bartlett

Forked Veilwort (Metxgeria furcata)

Green Elf Cup (Chlorociboria aeruginascens)

Inkcap Sp

Glistening Inkcap (Coprinella micaceus)

Purple Jelly Disc SP?

Could be either Purple Jelly Disc (Ascocoryne sarcoides) or (Ascocoryne cylichnum)

The general jizz (Larger and more angled) suggested A cylichnum, which it turned out to be.

Common Jelly Spot (Dacymyces stillatus)

Lichen Sp?

Lichen Sp?

Lichen Sp?

Lichen Sp?

Mollisia Type or ?

This turned put to be

from Anne

The tiny cups on the dead elm trunk that we found near the end (brown with white hairy edges) were actually a basidiomycete and fit perfectly with
Lachnella alboviolascens. I spent ages looking through ascomycete books and Ellis and Ellis looking for something similar before I looked at it under
the microscope and realised my mistake! Looking at the Norfolk Mycota, this has been found quite a few times before, but its definitely a new one for me.
I attach photos of the hairs and spores. The spores are very large for such a tiny fungus!
(up to 14 x 10.8 microns).

Lateral Cryphaea (Cryphaea heteromalla)

Silver Leaf Fungus (Chondostereum purpureum)

Slime Mold Sp

Slime Mold Sp?

Spring Hazel Cup (Encolea furfurocea)

Fully open above. Formative stage below.

Tripe Fungus (Auricularia mesanterica)

Velvet Shank (Flammulia velutipes)

Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata)

Female above.Male below.

Wood Blewit (Clitocybe nuda)

Wrinkled Peach (Rhodotus palmatus)

Wrinkled Crust (Phlebia radiata)

Cley

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-26T16:38:43+00:00

Black Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)

Horsey

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-22T20:11:27+00:00

Jelly Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae)

Largely Marble Screw-moss (Syntrichia papillosa) but also Wood Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum affine) and White-tipped Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum).

Marble Screw-moss (Syntrichia papillosa)

Dilated Scalewort (Frullania dilatata)

Small Hairy Screw-moss (Syntrichia laevipila)

All growing on the Elders at Horsey

Martham Staithe

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-22T05:33:46+00:00

Looking for Cattle Egrets was rather fruitless but it was the first morning with some sunshine for some time.

Great Yarmouth

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-20T17:50:16+00:00

Black Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)

Very fortunate today because people came to feed the gulls. Allowed very close photos.

Thank you.

Jersey Cudweed (Laphangium luteoalbum)

Rigid Beard-moss (Didymodon rigidulus)

Grey-cushioned Grimmia (Grimmia pulvinata)

Anomalous Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum anomalum)

Wall Screw-moss (Tortula muralis)

Ken Hill

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-18T18:53:04+00:00

Waxcap Sp Hygrocybe Sp?

Meadow Waxcap (Hygorcybe pratensis var pratensis)

Waxcap Sp Hygrocybe Sp?

Butter Waxcap (Hygrocybe ceracea)

Scurfy Twiglet (Tubaria furfuracea)

Mycena Sp?

Mycena Sp? growing on Yew

Forked Veilwort (Metzgeria furcata)

Bicoloured Bryum 9bryum dichotomum) Bulbils present in the leaf axils. Short concave leaves with a marked central nerve.

Hornschuch's Beard-moss (Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum)

Great Hairy Screw-moss (Syntrichia ruralis subspecies ruralis)

Inkcap Sp Coprinus Sp?

Became

Coprinellus radicellus

From Yvonne

Coprinellus radicellus were the tiny Inkcaps on the dung - these were a nice find as this was a new species to Britain not that long ago.
We have found it in Norfolk before but not that many records.It needs microscopy to identify and there are similar looking species
but can be separated by the shape of the setules on the cap and the germ pore of the spores.

Dung Roudhead (Protstropharia semiglobata)

Eyelash Fungus with Black Hairs

Common Eyelash (Scutelllinia scutellata)

Eyelash type fungus on dung.

After careful removal of the substrate and turning it sideways there were no visible stellate hairs. I tried this a second time and managed to remove all the substrate (surprising how tough they were)
and there were no visible stellate hairs.

Thus

Cheilymenia fimicola

A few more pictures to support this id

The paraphyses are cylindrical with swollen tips.

The hairs have a sharp point.

Smooth Cup like Fungi growing on dead grass?

A bit iffy this one

from

Yvonne

I thought the tiny cyphelloid fungus on the grass was Arrhenia retiruga but Tony L thought it was Calyptella capula so that one is a bit iffy !

Decaying Bramble Leaf

Turf Mottlegill? (Panaeolus fimicola)

On microscopy this became

Panaeolus aciuminatus

from

Yvonne

This one I thought might be P. fimicola but it had a central germ pore which separated it out.

Bracket Sp?

Blueing Bracket (Postia subcaesia)

Wonderful tussocky area.

Grassland hummocks.

Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)

Slime Mold Sp

Ganoderma Sp ? Southern Bracket - Artists Bracket ?

Very old Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa)

East Wretham

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-15T17:40:22+00:00

Lichen Sp

Cavernous Crystalwort (Riccia cavernosa)

Knieff's Hook-moos (Drepanocladus adjuncus)

Tree-moss (Climacium dendroides)

Redshank (Ceratadon purpureus)

Springy Turf-moss (Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus)

Sand-hill Screw-moss (Syntrichia rurali ruraliformis)

Great Hairy Screw-moss (Syntrichia ruralis ruralis)

Felbrigg

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-14T15:12:39+00:00

Cormorant (Phalocracorax carbo)

Goosander (Merganser merganser)

Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

Houghen Plantation

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-12T17:32:18+00:00

A very fine Scot's Pine (Pinus sylvestris)

Wood Cauliflower Fungus (Sparassis crispa)

Jelly Baby (Leotia lubrica)

Glittering Woodmoss (Hylocomium splendens)

Variable-leaved Crestwort (Lophocolea heterophylla)

Creeping Fingerwort (Lepidozia reptans)

Red-stemmed feathermoss (pleurozium schreberi)

Little Shaggy-moss (Rhytidiadelphus loreus)

Pincushion Sp (Ulota Sp)

Elegant Silk-moss (Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans)

Rough-stalked feather-moss (Brachythecium rutabulum)

Wiveton

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-09T16:23:24+00:00

Robin (Erithacus rubecula)

Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)

Cley

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-08T15:33:25+00:00

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Iceland Gull feeding on a seal pup carcass (Larus glaucoides)

Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

Hanworth

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-08T15:30:42+00:00

A pair of Buzzards (Buteo buteo) in the early morning light.

Sathouse

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-07T15:15:52+00:00

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)

Pink-footed Goos (Anser brachyrhynchus)

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Wiveton

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-05T14:30:04+00:00

Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)

Wiveton

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-12-04T15:55:26+00:00

Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)

Cley

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-29T19:21:59+00:00

Black Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

Common Gull (Larus cannus)

Shoveller (Spatula clypeata)

Today's Surf. Gulls all along the surf line.

Sheringham

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-28T13:02:57+00:00

Purple Sandpiper (Calidris marítima)

Cley

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-25T14:57:18+00:00

A superb male Black redstart graced the walls of this beautiful church this morning.

Cley

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-23T15:34:48+00:00

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax invalid)

and

a

very distant

Isabelline Wheatear

Monk's Dale

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-21T22:22:22+00:00

Rambling Tail-moss (Anomodon viticulosus)

Comb-moss (Ctenidium moluscum)

Great Plait-moss (Hypnum lacunosum var lacunosum)

Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss (Barbula convoluta)

Wall Scalewort (Porella platyphyla)

Tideswell Dale

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-20T20:14:04+00:00

Spiral Extinguisher-moss (Encalypta streptocarpa)

Greater Featherwort (Plagiochila asplenoides) - Bifid Crestwort (Lophocolea bidentata) - Pointed Spear-moss (Caliergonella cuspidata)

Flat Neckera (Neckera complanata)

Rambling Tail-moss (Anomodon viticulosus) & Greater Featherwort (Plagiochila asplenoides)

Frizzled Cris-moss (Tortella tortuosa)

Greater Featherwort (Plagiochila asplenoides)

Frizzled Crisp-moss (Tortella tortuosa) Dry

Frizzled Crisp-moss (Tortella tortuosa) Wet

Bendy Ditrichum (Ditrichum flexicaule) (perhaps?) growing through the Frizzled Crisp-moss (Tortella tortuosa)

Thickpoint Grimmia (Schistidium crassipilum)

Monsal Dale

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-20T19:09:20+00:00

Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)

Maidenhair Spleenwort (Apselnium trichomanes)

Wall Rue (Aspelnium ruta muraria)

Goosander (Mergus merganser)

Cypress-leaved Plait Moss (Hypnum cupressiforme)

Rambling Tail-moss (Anomodon viticulosus)

Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

Monsal Dale Viaduct

Titchwell

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-17T18:50:18+00:00

Brent (Branta bernicla)

Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Redshank (Tringa totanus)

Sallow (Salix Sp)

Teal (Anas crecca)

Cley

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-17T18:40:03+00:00

Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa mimosa & Teal (Anas crecca)

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Wigeon (Anas penelope)

Sheringham

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-15T18:20:37+00:00

Purple Sandpiper (Calidris marítima)

Black Headed Gulls (Chrococephelus ridibundus) bathing.

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Hanworth

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-14T11:40:24+00:00

Fieldfare (Turdus Pilaris) in the late autumn gloom.

Earth Tongue Sp

Is the enough here to id this one?

Suggesting

Geoglossum cookeanum

Turf Bell (Galerina graminea)

Widely spaced adnexed gills

Felbrigg

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-11T19:22:18+00:00

Crust Fungus Sp

Crust Fungus Sp

Fungus Sp

Fungus Sp

Jelly Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae)

Common Bonnet (Mycena galericulata)

Black Witches Butter (exidia nigricans)

Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)

Weybourne

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-10T19:17:26+00:00

Burlingham Woods

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-09T06:23:10+00:00

Fungus 1

Aniseed Funnel (Clitocybe adora)

Coral Spot (Nectria cinnabarina)

Young Crepidotus

Oak Crust (Peniophora quercina)

Crust Fungus?

Dead Molls Fingers (Xylaria longipes)

Old Fluted Bird's Nest

Coprinellus Sp?

Fungus 2

Glistening Inkcap ( Coprinellus micaceus)

Single laying of a hedge.

Purple Jelly Disc?

Jelly Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae)

Sycamore Leaves (Acer pseudoplatanus)

Orange Cup (Melastiza cornubiensis)

Wood Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum affine)

White-tipped Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum)

Flame Shield (Pluteus aurantiorugosus) in a bed of Rough-stalked Feather-moss (Brachythecium rutabulum)

Fungus 3

Sheathed Woodtuft (Kuehneromyces mutabalis)

Silver Leaf (Chondrostereum purpureum)

Slimemold Sp?

Slimemold Sp?

Spectacular Rustgill (Gymnopilus junonius)

Stump Puffball (Lycoperdon pyriforme)

The purple one is the lilac variety of White Fibrecap (Inocybe geophylla var lilacina)

White Fibrecap (Inocybe geophylla)

Deer Shield (Pluteus cervinus) spores 6.5µm x 5.5µm

Deer Shield Pleurocystidia

Common Pocket-moss (Fissidens taxifolius var taxifolius)

Houghen Plantation

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-06T20:45:17+00:00

Black Bulgar (Bulgaria inquinans)

Blackening Brittlegill (Russula nigricans)

Variable / Mottled Bolete (Leccinum variicolor)

Bracken Club (Typhula quisquiliaris)

Some debate on this one. An odd Hoof Fungus or something else?

For a brief moment this might have been a Red-belted Bracket (Fomitopsis pinicola)

but

not for long

a

deceiving

Hoof Fungus (Fomes fometarius)

Russula Sp

Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius)

Crimped Gill (Plicatura crispa)

Earpick Fungus (Auriscalpiom vulgare)

Earthfan Fungus (Thelophora terrestris)

Elastic Saddle (Helvella elastica)

on keying

this actually turned out to be

Felt Saddle Fungus (Helvella macropus)

Thanks to Steve Judd for the update.

Grass Oysterling (Crepidotus epibryus)

Jellybaby (Leotia lubrica)

Purple Jellydisc (Ascocoryne sarcoides)

Clustered Bonnet (Mycena inclinata)

Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)

Porcelain Fungus (Oudemansialla mucida)

Wrinkled Crust (Phlebia radiata))

White-fingered Slimemold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa)

Split Gill Fungus (Schizophyllum commune)

?

Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare)

Slimemold Tricia Sp

Velvet Shield (Pluteus umbrosus)

Henningsomyces candidus

Yellow Swamp Brittlegill (Russula claroflava)

Cap at this stage vey greasy.

Almost circular (sub spherical ) - ellipsoidal Rusty Brown Spores 6µm - 7.5µm

Yellow Webcap (Cortinarius delibutus)

Pellucid Four-tooth Moss (Tetraphis pellucida)

Pellucid Four-tooth Moss (Tetraphis pellucida) surrounding Forcipated Pincerwort (Cepholozia connivens) with perianths.

West Runton

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-01T15:08:43+00:00

&

Short-toed Lark on the Cliff top.

Buxton Heath

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-01T15:08:24+00:00

Dung Fungus Sp (Cheilymenia Sp)

Steve's thoughts on identifying this one

On to the little orange jobbies on the cow poop, under the dissecting scope the long pale lashes were very visible and rather dramatic,
there was a complete lack of the star shaped cluster of hairs at the base of each of the long hairs, which rules out Cheilymenia stercoria.
I can struggle with some of the similarities amongst the Cheilymenias so tend towards looking at microscopy sooner than I would with some other groups.
This paid off this time with the spores being long ovals with a very distinct DeBary bubble in the middle, looking like a large round oil drop in the middle,
this according to Peter Thompson points to Cheilymenia coprinaria rather than Cheilymenia fimicola as does the slightly narrower shape of the spores.
This view was supported by Fungi of temperate Europe, everything pointing nicely to Cheilymenia coprinaria, so a quick check on FRDBI
(the fungal records database of Britain and Ireland), where all our records ultimately go, which says that Cheilymenia coprinaria is a synonym of Cheilymenia fimicola.
A paper written in 1958 suggests that DeBary bubbles are actually a reaction to the chemical and squashing under a cover slip of the microscopy process rather than
an identification feature of the fungi so all in all safer to go with Cheilymenia fimicola. 15 minutes ID, 25 minutes research to resolve the findings.

The Black-edged Gills of Blackedge Bonnet (Mycena pelianthina)

3.5 x 8.0 µm

Cheilocystidia found on the gill edge. Mycena pelianthina)

Nail Fungus (Poronia punctacta)

Common Bonnet (Mycena galericulata)

Plain Earthtongue (Geoglossum umbratile)

Steve's delightful exposition of how he reached this conclusion.

To finish off before lunch with a nice easy quick one it was on to the Earth tongue (another one that appeared just after you left Lorraine).
No point going to Kibby as he doesn't do ascomycetes and neither does Funga Nordica. So in the absence of forking out £130 for
B & K Fungi of Switzerland, Volume 1: Ascomycetes, we are left with Peter Thompson and Fungi of temperate Europe.
Starting with Peter Thompson as he does nice drawings of spores etc. there are four to choose from. Geoglossum have septate spores,
one of the options has 6-9 septa, one has 13-15 septa, one has 5-7 septa and one has 3-7, nice and easy just count the septa I thought.
Unfortunately the spores have no septa when young and develop the septa as they get older so we are trying to find spores that have been
released from the asci and are mature enough to have developed their full quota of septa. Scraping a very small part of the surface of the
fruiting body and spreading it on a slide, I started out with Meltzer's as the asci react by bluing but then you can't see the spores as there
is too much blue to see through, try again with plain water as the colour of the spores is important, not worth doing as without stain
nothing stood out, try again this time with plaq search, much better and there are anything between 0 and 7 septa, which fits nicely
with G. glutinosum, except as implied by the name it should have a glutinous layer and it didn't, oh and the spores are the wrong size.
So lets try G. Cookeanum, number of Septa is right but shape of fruiting body is wrong and our spores have oil drops and G. Cookeanum doesn't.
By this time hunger is kicking in so break for lunch. Return refreshed and look at Fungi of temperate Europe, lots more to choose from but no helpful drawings.
Time to accept that we are going to have to use a key so go for Geoglossaceae of Britain - Brian Spooner, realise that we are going to have to find some
paraphyses amongst the asci, (paraphyses are, to use an obscure music reference, the bits between the bits). So another slide prep this time with
cotton blue as this is supposed to be good with asccomycetes, no paraphyses found, another slide prep, this time with my old favourite plaq search,
actually found one and managed to count the septa, (some species have paraphyses with septa and the number and spacing of the septa feeds into the ID)
but our septa have droopy heads which isn't mentioned in the key. Every attempt at the key takes us to G. glutinosum, but it isn't glutinous.
Another slide prep with Cong red and loads of nice paraphyses with drooping tips. Moving on to a document with key that seems more aimed
at our knowledge level, Geoglossaceae - Earth Tongues Beginners Guide - Irene Ridge. First up it is written in a nice friendly way and joy of joys
it has nice drawings and there we find spores of the right size with up to seven septa, paraphyses with the drooping tips Geoglossum umbratile - Plain Earthtongue.
Going back and reading Fungi of temperate Europe again it very clearly states that Geoglossum umbratile has paraphyses with drooping tips. Time wise dare I admit to
the fact that I spent well over 4 hours on this one fungi.

Photos of the spores and the paraphyses.

Fairy Fingers (Clavaria fragilis) perhaps?

Microscopically this turned out to be

Pointed Club (Clavaria acuta)

Thanks to Steve Judd for id & the thinking below.

Then we attacked the rather nice white Clavaria (sadly these appeared just after you left Lorraine) that were growing in the grass near the end,
we were fairly sure that this would be fairly easy as there really aren't that many white Clavaria. Using Kibby vol 1
we worked out that the growth habit indicated C. crosslandii or C. acuta the shape pointed towards C. acuta or C. fragilis.
A fine sliver taken with a razor blade to get to the spores, stained with plaq search. C. fragilis has heavily ornamented spores and these were smooth, C. crosslandii
has spores half the size of those of C. acuta so it was very easy to decide that we have Clavaria acuta - Pointed Club. 10-15 minutes

Trametes Sp?

The Blusher (Amanita rubescens)

Small Stagshorn (Calocera cornea)

Russula Sp

Stinkhorn Egg (Phallus impudicus)

Heath Star-moss (Campylopus introflexus) & Bank Haircap (Polytrichum formosum)

Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)

Broom Fork-moss (Dicranum scoparium)

Crimped Gill (Plicatura crispa)

Bank Haircap (Polytrichum formosum)

Pointed Spear-moss (Calliergonella cuspidata)

Felbrigg

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-11-01T15:08:09+00:00

Superb late afternoon stillness.

Waterloo Plantation

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-10-25T17:52:29+01:00

Neat Feather-moss (Pseudoscleropodium purum)

Slime Mold Sp

Fungus Sp

Pezizia Sp

A sample brown spore 8 µm x 5 µm

Pelargonium Webcap (Cortinarius flexipes) amongst Rough-stalked Feather-moss (Brachythecium rutabulum) under Silver Birch (Betula pendula)

Crimped Gill (Plicatura crispa)

Superb Moss Landscape that had both White Earwort (Diplophyllum albicans) and Trunk Pawort (Barbilophozia attenuata)

White Earwort perianths

White Earwort (Diplophyllum albicans) in amongst Fine Hair Moss (Dicranella heteromalla)

Trunk Pawort (Barbilophozia attenuata)

Fine Hair Moss (Dicranella heteromalla)

Birch Polypore (Piptoporus betulinus)

Yellow Club

Fungus Sp

Fungus Sp

Gall on a Beech leaf

A gall caused by a midge called Hartigiola annulipes

Thanks to James Emerson @Norwichbirder for the id.

Hoof Fungus (Comes fomentarius)

Mosscap Fungus (Rickenella fibula)

Mazegill Sp

Smallburgh Fen

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-10-23T07:53:27+01:00

Thick-nerved Apple-moss (Philonotis calcarea) with a single strand of Marsh Bryum (bryum pseudotriquetrum)

With a single strand of a Caliiergionella Sp on the left of the image.

Yellow Starry Feather-moss (Campyllum stellatum var stellatum)

Maidenhair Pocket-moss (Fissidens adianthoides)

Intermediate Hook-moss (Scorpidium cossonii)

Overstrand

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-10-18T15:58:41+01:00

Seaweed Sps?

Hanworth

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-10-18T15:51:00+01:00

Blue Roundhead (Stropharia caerulea)

A Norfolk Common

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-10-17T06:01:16+01:00

Pale Tussock Moth (Calliteara pudibunda)

Cell structure at base of leaf x 400

Leaf tip x100

Leaf tip cells x 400

A Dicranum Sp ? with crinkled leaves.

turned out to be

Crisped Fork-moss (Dicranum bonjeanii)

Heath Plait-moss (Hypnum jutlandicum)

Common Haircap Moss (Polytrichum commune)

Leaf Tip x400
Strict Haircap (Polytrichum strictum)

You can see the unrolled leaf margins in the photos and the brown tip is untoothed. It grows in hummocks.

Not the best of pictures but it does clearly show the inrolled margins of the leaf.

Strict Haircap (Polytrichum strictum)

One of the first things to do when beginning to identify Sphagnums is deciding whether the branch leaves are hooded or not. In this case the branch leaves have no 3 dimensionality about them and are therefor not hooded.

The next thing is do to pinch the top bud (capitulum) away from the branches it sits on.

If it leaves a ruff of stem leaves like the one you can see in the image above it is likely to be Sphagnum fimbriatum.

Sphagnum fimbriatum is also quite brittle and the capitulum comes away easily in your fingers. Some Sphagnums are much tougher.

To go a step further you need to look at the shape of the stem leaves.

In this case the stem leaf is twice as wide as it is long.

Sphagnum fimbriatum

Blunt-leaved Bog Moss (Sphagnum palustre)

Sphagnum Sp?

Broom Fork-moss (Dicranum scoparium)

Silky Forklet-moss (Dicranella heteromalla) & Bifid Crestwort (Lophocolea bidentata)

Bifid Crestwort (Lophocolea bidentata)

Bog Groove-moss (Aulacomnium palustre)

Cley

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-10-16T05:47:44+01:00

A very still late afternoon - evening at Cley.

At least three Caspian Gulls came into roost. An adult, 2nd Winter, & 1st Winter

Pinkfeet (Anser brachyrhynchos)

Pinkfeet dropping into roost at Cley

Felbrigg

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-10-15T05:24:34+01:00

Eristalis Sp

Myothropa florea ♂︎

European Hornet (Vespa crabro)

Helophilus pendulus

Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Sericomyia silentis

Syrphus Sp

Titchwell

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-10-09T05:35:23+01:00

Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

With all the new earthworks on the Titchwell scrape the Golden Plover were within reach of a lens.

Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)

A small flock of Knot (Calidris canutus) & a few Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) on the tide line.

A few Curlew (Numenius arquata) delicately picking at the shells

A Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) giving a consumate display of fishing skills in a tide pool.

and
a
small party

of

Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)

dropped in for a few moments.

Snettisham

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-10-09T05:34:22+01:00

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Knot & Oystercatcher

Knot (Calidris canutus)

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegius)

Pink Footed Geese (Anser Brachyrhynchus)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

Yellow-horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum)

Cley - Salthouse - Weybourne

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-10-08T17:55:44+01:00

Cley Beach

Brent geese (Branta bernicla)

Guillemot (Uria aalge)

Yes. The Cormorant had it.

Salthouse Beach

Red Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)

Weybourne Beach

Guillemot (Uria aalge)

Danby Wood & Marston Marsh

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-10-08T09:59:57+01:00

Dead Man's Fingers

Ladybird

Speckled Wood

Intermediate Screw-moss (Syntrichia intermedia)?

Although growing st the base of a Poplar tree.

The leaf has a waist, recurved margins below the waist and the hair point has small coarse teeth. Also spirals when it is dry.

Bluish Veilwort (Metzgeria fruticulosa)

Green Yoke-moss (Zygadon viridissimus)

A very small Fissidens growing on Chalk soil in Danby Wood just on the edge of Norwich.

Presumed Green Pocket-moss (Fissidens viridulis)

Does have a border and the edge of the leave appears concave.

Rough-stalked Feather-moss (Brachythecium rutabulum)

Norfolk Bryophytes

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-10-05T20:26:21+01:00

Some Bryophytes found in Norfolk in October

A very small Fissidens growing on Chalk soil in Danby Wood just on the edge of Norwich.

Presumed Green Pocket-moss (Fissidens viridulis)

Does have a border and the edge of the leave appears concave.

Green Yoke-moss (Zygodon viridissimus) with one or two

Bluish Veilwort (Metzgeria fruticulosa)

Fox-tail Feather-moss (Thamnobryum alopecurum)

This 'normally' stands up like a tree. A tree-like moss. But on this occasion it was lying flat down a steep roadside bank.

Having been to Wales recently where it grows in streams and looks very different from its 'normal' self this one also took a while to identify.

This is a branch leaf whereas the stem leaves have a much broader end close to the stem.

BBS Website description.

Young Nees' Pellia (Pellia neesiana) from the base of the Cliffs at Cromer.

Intermediate Screw-moss (Syntrichia intermedia)?

Although growing st the base of a Poplar tree.

The leaf has a waist, recurved margins below the waist and the hair point has small coarse teeth. Also spirals when it is dry.

Cley

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-10-04T15:36:19+01:00

Juvenile Gannet (Morus bassanus)

One or two young Sandwich Terns (Sterna sandvicensis) still fishing offshore this morning.

Cley

pebble@suckedslant.uk — 2021-10-01T14:43:04+01:00

Gannet (Morus bassanus)

)

Going Down

Popping Up

Common Seal (Phoca vitulina)

Guillemot (Uria aalge)