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This had an orange reaction to UV so points to a few species.

eg Pyrrhospora quernea & Lecanora expallens

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Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)

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Likely to be Buellia grisevirens, with possibly Ochrolechia arborea below.

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Ochrolechia subviridis on the base of a very old Oak (Quercus robur)

Crustose Lichen

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Fuscidea lightfootii

Crustose Lichen on rocks & trees

Blue reaction to UV

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Found by VB

On investigation and discussion with T Irwin it appears this is some form of biting Midge larvae in the genus Formicopyia.

from TI

Your photos do show a Forcipomyia larva. The blunt-tipped bristles on the back produce a hygroscopic substance that causes water droplets to form.
These then run down onto the larva, keeping it damp and enabling it to breathe easily. Forcipomyia larvae the world over share the same trick.
Several species have been described as larvae, but I don't have the article, and in any case, I'd be hesitant to say which species this is,
when some of the species are still unknown in the immature stages.

A website featuring larvae of biting midges with sticky drops on them.

Chaos of delight - Forcipomyia larvae

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Cresponea premnea

Needs the dry bark of veteran trees (Oak, Holly, Yes & occasionally Beech, Lime, Hornbeam & Rowan) at least 300 yrs old

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Brown Cup (Rutsroemia firma)

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Lichen Sp 3

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Sadly this was not Hawthorn Twiglet

Microscopically it was found to be Scurfy Twiglet (Tubaria furfuracia)

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Witches Butter (Exidia Sp)

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Harvestmen Sp

Opilio canestrinii

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Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia cirrata)?

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Hypogymnia physodes

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Harvestmen Sp
Oligolophus hanseni

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Parmelia saxatilis

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Rather than the more usual 8-spored Asci, this one can have 100-200 spores as the image from the recent Gressenhall workshop shows

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Sarcogyne regularis

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Verrucaria nigrescens f tectorum

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Yoke-moss Sp

Seem to be growing on the church brickwork but actually growing on another moss remains - Wall Screw-moss (Tortula muralis)

The gemmae have both transverse and longitudinal cell walls (all taken from the same cushion).

Zygodon Sp

Green Ypke-moss (Zygodon virdissimus)

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Chaenotheca trichialis

Crustose and granular to squamalose.

Stalked fruiting body

Very rare occurs only in the dry recesses of acid bark and wood.


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Cladonia coniocrea

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Variable Oysterling (Crepidotus variabilis)

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Flavoparmelia caperata

Foliose Lichen

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Lecanactis abietina

Crustose Lichen Mostly infertile but with asexual fruiting bodies (Pycnidia) the white pruinose (powdery granules) tips scattered over the surface

Widespread

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Pertusaria pertusa

Unusually an algal green, normally a greenish grey thallus.

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Licheniicolous Fungi Sp

Milospodium graphideorum

on

Schismatomma cretaceum/decolorans

in fact

on

Sporodophoron (Schismatomma) cretaceum (first record for VC 27

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Golden Dust Lichen (Chrysothrix candelaris)

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Again an Algal green rather than the more usual dark grey

Pertusaria hymenea

A number of lichenicolous fungi use this species

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Sporodophoron cretaceum - K+ Yellow

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Evernia prunastri, with Parmelia sulcata above.



Thanks to RY for corrections and additions.

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