Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) Coppice



Lichen & Bryophyte Community at the base of the Sweet Chestnuts





Pincushion Moss (Leucobryum glaucum)





Fungus Sp



Fungus Sp



Crimped Gill (Plicatura crispa)





Fungus Sp



Fungus Sp



Fungus Sp



Pellucid Four-tooth Moss (Tetraphys pellucida)



Pincushion Sp (Ulotta Sp)



White Earwort (Diplophyllum albicans) with Two-horned Pincerwort (Cepholoza bicuspidata).





Broom Fork-moss (Dicranum scoparium)



Two-horned Pincerwort (Cepholoza bicuspidata)

Tag CloudMossSp, FungiSp, Bryophytes, Landscape, PellucidFour-toothMoss, PincushionSp, CreepingFingerwort, BroomFork-moss, Two-hornedPincerwort, WhiteEarwort

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

Tag CloudGlossyIbis

Crepidotus Sp ?











Blushing Bracket (Deadaleopsis confragosa)







Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina)











Fungus Sp 1?





Buttercap (Rhodocollybia butyracea)









Crimped Gill (Plicitura crispa)







Mycaena Sp ? in amongst the moss Pseudoscleropodium purum







Fungus Sp 3?



Fungus Sp 4?







Leafy Brain (Tremella foliacea)?



Fungus Sp 5?





Fungus Sp 6?




Leaf Parachute (Marismius Sp)?









Possibly Mycena inclinata



Crimped Gill (Plicatura crispa)





Wrinkled Crust Fungus (Phlebia radiata)



Fungus Sp 9?



Fungus Sp 10?



Fungus Sp 11?





Fungus Sp 12?











Blusher (Amanita rubescent)



Probably Scurfy Deceiver (Laccaria proxima)





Yellow Brain on the gorse (Tremella mesenterica)





Candlesnuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon)



Mycaena Sp



Fungus Sp 15?



Fungus Sp 16?







Velvet Shank (Flammulina velutipes)



Juniper Haircap (Polytrichum juniperinum)



A big thank you to members of the Norfolk Fungus Group for help with ids

Tag CloudFungiSp, MossSp, Bryophytes, Blusher, JuniperHaircap, Buttercap, VelvetShank, CandlesnuffFungus, BirchPolypore, YellowBrain, WrinkledCrustFungus, LeafyBrain, MycaenaSp, CrimpedGill, BlushingBracket, CrepidotusSp

Black Bulgar on Oak (Bulgaria inquinans)





Coral Spot (Nectria cinnabarina)



Fungi Sp?

Tag CloudBlackBulgar, CoralSpot, FungiSp

Little Egret (Egret garzetta)


















Brent (Branta bernicla)

Tag CloudLandscape, LittleEgret, Brent

Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe Isabelina)

Tag CloudIsabelineWheatear

Bedraggled Birds and Bedraggled Birders












There obliging Snow Buntings twinkling about on the beach to the North of Arnold's Marsh

Plus a very wet and a little distantand the first picture a little shaky











Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabelina)

Tag CloudSnowBunting, IsabellineWheatear

Big Shaggy-moss (Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus)





Serrated Earth-moss (Ephemrum minutissimum)

Small, algal type moss growing in woodland rides. Tiny and difficult to photograph but you can just about make out the orange fruiting bodies.

Time for a microscope objective.



Fenugreek Stalkball (Phleogena faginea)





Scaly Male Fern (Dryopteris affinis)

A woodland species particularly and Ancient Woodland indicator

A very fine clean cut fern with a characteristic black dot where the pinnae joins the stem.

The rachis at the base of a frond is densely covered in gold / rusty brown scales.



Common Pocket-moss (Fissidens taxifolius)







Blueing Bracket (Postia subcaesia)



Fungus Sp?



Common Jelly Spot (Dacrymyces deliquescens)



Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)





Mycena Sp ?



Twig Parachute (Marismiellus ramealis)



Twig Parachute ?



Fungus Sp





Discomycetes Probably Mollisia Sp





White Saddle Fungus (Helvella crispa)



Blushing Bracket (Daedaleopsis confragosa)







Blunt Feather-moss (Homallia thichomanoides)





Greater Featherwort (Plagiochila asplenoides)



Even Scalewort (Radual complanata)



Fungus Sp?



Common Tamarisk-moss (Thuidium tamariscinum)



Rough-stalked feather-moss (Brachythecium rutabulum)







Fox-tail Feather-moss (Thamnobryum alopecurum)

Tag CloudFungiSp, MossSp, LiverwortSp, ScalyMaleFern, ScalyMaleFern, Fox-tailFeather-moss, Rough-stalkedFeather-moss, CommonTamarisk-moss, BluntFeather-moss, EvenScalewort, GreaterFeatherwort, SlimeMoldSp, WhiteSaddleFungus, FenugreekStalkball, TwigParachute, CommonJellySpot, CommonPocket-moss, BigShaggy-moss, SerratedEarth-moss, Bryophytes

Slime Mold Sp ?



Fungi Sp 1



Fungi Sp 2



Purple Jellydisc (Ascocoryne sarcoides)





Fungi Sp 3



Fungi Sp 4



Fungi Sp 5



Fungi Sp 6





Fungi Sp 7



Fungi Sp 8



Fungi Sp 9



Fungi Sp 10

Tag CloudFungiSp, MossSp, SlimeMoldSp, PurpleJellydisc

Yellow Brain Fungus





Fungus Sp









Fungus Sp 2



Fungus Sp 3



Fungus Sp 4



Fungus Sp 5



Fungus Sp 6



Moss Sp 1



Shaftesbury Church

Tag CloudFungiSp, Landscape, MossSp

Blackening Waxcap





Cup Fungi Sp







Fungi Sp 1



Fungi Sp 2



Club Fungi Sp?





Broom Fork-moss (Dicranum scoparium) Raised line of cells on the back of the nerve



Big Shaggy-moss (Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus)





Woolly Fringe-moss (Racomitrum lanuginosum)





Moss Sp 1





Comb-moss (Ctendium molluscum)





Glistening Wood-moss (Hylocomium splendens)



Juniper Haircap (Polytrichum juniperinum)



Comb-moss with a small piece of Glistening Wood-moss





Thickpoint Grimmia (Schistidium crassipilum)



Moss Sp 2



Moss Sp 3



Moss Sp 4



Moss Sp 5





Moss Sp 6



Moss Sp 7



Moss Sp 8









Scarlet Waxcap (Hygrocybe coccinea)



Snowy Waxcap (Cuphophyllus virgineus

Tag CloudFungiSp, MossSp, Landscape, ThickpointGrimmia, JuniperHaircap, Comb-moss, WoollyFringe-moss, BroomFork-moss, ClubFungiSp, CupFungiSp