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Exormotheca holstiiObserver
jane_trembathDescription
Large colony on rocky area.
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Heath Threadwort (Cephaloziella stellulifera)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Growing in old quarry contaminated with heavy metals.
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Ascomycete Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)Observer
rambryumDescription
On Andreaea rupestris stems
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Dense Rock Moss (Racomitrium ericoides)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Growing on gravelly soil in the uplands. Shoots 3cm tall.
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Fragile Twisted Moss (Tortella fragilis)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Growing on gravelly soil on the bank along the road in the uplands. Dry leaves curled, up to 8mm long. Some leaves have broken tips. V-shaped division between clear basal cells and green papillose cells.
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Racomitrium obtusumObserver
helenwatermanDescription
On rock in upland moorland. Shoots 2cm tall, leaves 3mm long. Margins strongly recurved, cells smooth.
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helenwatermanDescription
Oak epiphyte. Tangled up with small shoots of Plagiochila punctata and possible Microlejeunea ulicina.
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Racomitrium obtusumObserver
helenwatermanDescription
On coastal rocks in sheltered bay with Racomitrium lanuginosum. Leaves strongly recurved and cells smooth. Leaf tip rounded.
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Cow-horn Bog-Moss (Sphagnum denticulatum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Completely submerged in pool on the headland. Stems up to 16cm long, very green and succulent. Stem leaves 2mm long, branch leaves up to 4mm long.
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Delicate Peatmoss (Sphagnum tenellum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Growing in wet soil over rocks on headland. Plants very soft and break very easily. Capitulum 5mm across. End of spreading branches have 2 leaves looking like open bird's beak.
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Grimmia dissimulataObserver
helenwatermanDescription
On unshaded limestone rocks on the side of the dale. Shoots up to 1cm tall, leaves about 2mm long with white hair points. Lower cells sinuose. Appear to have 4 guide cells in lower section of leaves.
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Acrobolbus wilsoniiObserver
jonnyecologyDescription
Growing amongst Tortula subulata and other bryophytes on basalt cliffs but not in gorge
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Frullania jackiiObserver
michael-luethDescription
Unterblätter mehr als doppelt so breit wie Stämmchen.
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Drooping Bryum (Ptychostomum compactum)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
On foredunes. 'Cross walls' present on exostome, base of leaf red.
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Tufted Apple-Moss (Philonotis caespitosa)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Growing in small trickle on side of hill in limestone grassland with Calliergonella cuspidata.
Very slender shoots, with red stems and slightly curved tips.
Leaves curved to one side, 1.5mm long, not plicate below.
Perigonial bracts pointed, 2mm long.
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Carolina Hornwort (Phaeoceros carolinianus)Observer
ryanderooDescription
Not quite sure of this ID…
Stoma quite broad ~47um X 59um
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Frullania trinervisObserver
ryanderooDescription
On small old fiddlewood tree trunk
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Bearded Screwmoss (Pseudocrossidium crinitum)Observer
jknDescription
Kindly, assist with ID. Thanks in advance!
Picture taken at Limpopo-Lipadi Reserve, Tuli Block, Botswana.
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Riccia bullosaObserver
florent1Description
Succulent non-angiosperm
I^m struggling to find an ID on this; can^t even figure out which group of plants this is. I^m pretty sure this is not an angiosperm, could it be a moss?? The leaves are very succulent!
Grozs in deep shade.
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ryanderooDescription
Found a capsule but not the perianth…
Looking back at the fresh specimen - I think I see it in the second photo.
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Frullanoides tristisObserver
ryanderooDescription
If this is F. tristis — Interestingly, found on a shaded rock [normally: Frullanoides tristis almost exclusively epiphytic grows on bark, trunks, stems and twigs of living trees and shrubs, occasionally epiphyllous, rarely on logs or shaded rocks (van Slageren 1985, Singh et al. 2005.)]
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Rigid Beard Moss (Didymodon rigidulus)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
North facing side of church in shade
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Large Notchwort (Trilophozia quinquedentata)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On gritstone rock with Hypnum cupressiforme and Dicranum scoparium in upland birch woodland. I couldn't find any 'cilia' on the leaf bases. Also not sure if photo 6 shows divided underleaves.
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Smooth-stalk Feather-Moss (Brachythecium salebrosum)Observer
susan_marleyDescription
On tree trunk
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Flat-leaved Scalewort (Radula complanata)Observer
wiggs66Description
On European aspen. Picture 4 shows Bryocentria metzgeriae, as suspected and later identified by @georgeg
Morrone Birkwood Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Muhlenberg's Cord-Moss (Entosthodon muhlenbergii)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On thin soil over limestone rocks with Encalypta vulgaris and Saxifraga tridactylites. Leaves up to 2.5mm long. Capsules asymmetrical. Spores coarsely papillose. The semicircular 'leaf' seemed to be attached to the actual leaf - I'm not sure what it is though.
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Dusky Fork-Moss (Dicranum fuscescens)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Scattered patches on gritstone rock with Hypnum jutlandicum in oak and birch woodland. Leaves up to 7mm long.
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Floerke's Pawwort (Neoorthocaulis floerkei)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On gritstone rock under bilberries near Diplophyllum albicans. No sign of gemmae. I only found one basal leaf cilia.
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Tortula vahlianaObserver
jonnyecologyDescription
On bare chalky soil in old 'clunch pit'. Margins plane (unlike T. muralis var aestiva). Bright green. Confirmed as new V.C record by BBS
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Trunk Pawwort (Neoorthocaulis attenuatus)Observer
sim_elliottDescription
with oCampylopus pyriformis
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Long-stalked Haircap Moss (Polytrichum longisetum)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
On shallow, rather compacted, peat
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Rigid Beard Moss (Didymodon rigidulus)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On top of limestone rock in grassland with other bryophytes. Leaves up to 2.5mm long. Nerve excurrent.
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Sessile Grimmia (Schistidium apocarpum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On limestone rock in grassland with other bryophytes.
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Shrubby Sunburst Lichen (Polycauliona candelaria)Observer
angelique_kDescription
Possibly. On oak. Could be a more widespread infection going on here that is killing the oak and the moss - see the blackening bark and observation http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143658378 Took small piece of bark that crumbled off very easily - photo 6 and 7 I think these are embedded microplastics? Made separate observations for the hyphomycetes and the other lichen here: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146356152 Unfortunately the app still doesn't allow me to delete these photos now that I have made separate observations for each.
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Spidery Mossear (Rimbachia arachnoidea)Observer
rambryumDescription
Guessing based on large cream-white, uniformly-thick obconical fruiting body on orthotrichaceae in winter. Also on Nephroma I think.
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Porotrichum usagarumObserver
craigpeterPlace
Katberg Pass between the Katberg Hotel and Devils Bellows, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Google, OSM)
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Hairy Scalewort (Frullania bolanderi)Observer
rambryumDescription
@georgeg I found some of the promising Frullania today and will give it a whirld tonight. On Physcocarpus capitatus in river slough area
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Straw Spear-Moss (Straminergon stramineum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Scattered strands among Sphagnum fallax in wettest part of boggy area. Leaves just over 1mm long with some rhizoids at back of leaf tips. Enlarged basal cells don't reach the nerve.
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Hairy Scalewort (Frullania bolanderi)Observer
rambryumDescription
Tiny on Holodiscus
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Ascomycete Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)Observer
rambryumDescription
Pycnidia on Orthotrichum columbicum on physocarpus
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Clustered Rock Moss (Racomitrium fasciculare)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On partially shaded stone wall. Whole patch has fertile shoots with antheridia.
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Wall Thread-Moss (Bryum radiculosum)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On rocks of derelict building with Tortula subulata. Shoots are red with antheridia present and are 3mm tall. Leaves about 1mm long.
I've just added photos 1-6 of some green shoots, 5mm tall, leaves 2 mm long and one patch with capsules developing.
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Compressed Flapwort (Nardia compressa)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Carpeting gritstone rock in fast-flowing upland stream. Leaves are close together and laterally compressed in upper half of shoots. Leaves smell aromatic.
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Tortula vahlianaObserver
jonnyecologyDescription
On roadside chalky soil bank
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Bent-leaved Beard-Moss (Leptodontium flexifolium)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
On thin soil over gritstone rock among bracken on upland moor. Shoots just over 1cm tall, leaves about 1.5mm long. These are the tallest plants of this species that I've seen so far.
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Bent-leaved Beard-Moss (Leptodontium flexifolium)Observer
helenwatermanDescription
Scattered patches on thin soil at the edge of gritstone rocks, and on peaty soil among bracken stems. One patch growing with Dicranum scoparium. The largest patch was at least 30cm x 40cm. Shoots about 5mm tall, leaves up to 1.5mm or so. I expect there would be more patches between the two areas I've found it in today.
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Common Tamarisk-Moss (Thuidium tamariscinum)Observer
wiggs66Description
On birch
Morrone Birkwood Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Rigid Beard Moss (Didymodon rigidulus)Observer
jonnyecologyDescription
But what are the black balls?!
