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Re: Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups
« Reply #75 on: April 08, 2016, 09:53:17 PM »
A wonderful range of mosses Ian.  Your Bryum (img. 3170) reminds me of one growing in wet seep areas at almost 2000m on Áhkká, northern Sweden.
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Re: Mosses, Lichens, Liverworts etc: under-recorded groups
« Reply #76 on: April 09, 2016, 07:55:14 PM »
Ashley, the Bryum was in a wet flush, so similar habitats. Lichens on pine img. 3913. A lichen garden by the sea img.014.

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« Reply #77 on: April 12, 2016, 09:48:08 PM »
Salix reticulata, though it could be S. vestita, trying to escape a good stand of lichen at Cape Norman on The Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland.

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« Reply #78 on: April 13, 2016, 09:50:06 PM »
Pellia epiphylla  (a Liverwort).  Does it remind you of someone's hairstyle?
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« Reply #79 on: April 14, 2016, 08:09:23 AM »
Hi Roma

Isn't that a grass or sedge with Pellia at its base?
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« Reply #80 on: April 14, 2016, 02:28:57 PM »
No, Chris.  The white stuff is the fruiting bodies of the Pellia.  It was identified for me by Professor Ian Alexander retired professor of Botany at Aberdeen University.  He said it was unusual to see it do this so profusely.  I have masses of it in wet places in my ponies' grazing.
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« Reply #81 on: April 14, 2016, 03:12:57 PM »
Amazing. I've never seen the fruiting bodies that long or white. Thanks for the info.
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« Reply #82 on: April 27, 2016, 09:52:36 PM »
A mini forest on the local patch today img. 1010280.

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« Reply #83 on: August 13, 2016, 05:23:33 PM »
Two lichens on granite img 1010781 and img 1010782.

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« Reply #84 on: August 13, 2016, 07:20:59 PM »
Ian, your last one is Rhizocarpon geographicum I think!

Here is a slime mould named  Leocarpus fragilis growing on an ant's hill. In Norw. it is called "chocolate eggs" due to its colour when ripe.


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« Reply #85 on: August 13, 2016, 07:40:39 PM »
Not my lawn (I have a lot more weeds!) but Sphagnum moss.

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A Scots pine in the background ;)

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Russula sp. It is a lot of similar-looking species around here (at least to me!)

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« Reply #86 on: August 13, 2016, 08:05:59 PM »
Pyrola secunda - flowers gone but it is still graceful!




Empetrum hermaphroditum. Ripe berries, very good when you are thirsty in the forests or mountains - in the fall of course ;)

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Polystichum commune and Gymnocarpium dryopteris.

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Seems to be a fruitful year even at 950m.

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A pond encircled by sphagnum moss. A sedge (Carex rostrata) has the water all for itself.

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« Reply #87 on: August 17, 2016, 06:07:24 PM »
Russula sp. It is a lot of similar-looking species around here (at least to me!)

If it has an all white stipe and growing with conifers (especially pines), it will be Russula emetica, the Sickener, (which tells you it's poisonous).

Lovely images.
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« Reply #88 on: August 18, 2016, 09:37:39 PM »
If it has an all white stipe and growing with conifers (especially pines), it will be Russula emetica, the Sickener, (which tells you it's poisonous).

Lovely images.

Yes, I think you are right! Thanks. I didn't taste this one but usually taste a little sample to check ;)
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« Reply #89 on: August 21, 2016, 08:20:51 PM »

A pond encircled by sphagnum moss. A sedge (Carex rostrata) has the water all for itself.


More lovely images Trond. I suspect there will be various aquatic plants such as Potamogeton or Utricularia in amongst the Carex. I made the mistake of introducing C. rostrata to one of my garden ponds and it is  an enthusiastic spreader.

 


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