Sweet Briar Marsh
Oaks (Quercus robur) in the autumn sunshine
One or two of the old Sallows had good collections pf epiphytes.
Including
Wood Bristle-moss, Lateral Cryphaea, Dilated Scalewort, Minute Pouncewort & Syntrichia papillosa
Dilated Scalewort (Frullenia dilatata)
Wood Bristle-moss (Lewinskya affine) growing around the Hawthorn ( Crataegus monogyna) branches
Lateral Cryphaea (Cryphaea heteromalla)
Minute Pouncewort (Myriocoleopsis minutissima)
Lesser Pond Sedge (Carex acutiformis)
British White Cows working to create a more diverse environment.
Cowpat Gem (Chelymenia granulata)
Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)
Cylindric Beard-moss (Didymodon insulanus)
&
dried
Fungus Sp?
Perforate St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
Common Knapweed ( Centaurea nigra)
White-tipped Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum)
The white tips at the end of the leaves give this one away. Grows on tress and stone
A small moss with a big name.
Hornschuch's Beard-moss (Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum)
Named after a German bryologist Christian Friedrich Hornschuch 1793- 1850
Lots of this moss in the wet grassland.
Heart-leaved Spear-moss (Calliergon cordifolium)
Dialonectria daitrypicola on Diatrype bullata on Sallow
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MarshThyme-moss (Plagiomnium ellipticum)?
Cells in diagonal rows and the leaf base does not run down the stem.
Large Willow Bark Aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus)
Rollesby & Lilly Broad
Rollesby Broad
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Rust on the underside of an Alder Leaf (Alnus glutinosa)
Melampsoridium betulinum
Lilly Broad
Rough-stalked Feather-moss (Brahcythecium rutabulum)
Cowpat gem (Cheilymenia granulata)
Young Fern
Mycena Sp?
Nestled in amongst Swan's Neckeck Thyme Moss (Mnium hornum)
Blunt-leaved Bog-Moss (Sphagnum palustre)
Wolf's Milk (Lycogala epidendrum)
Fungus Sp on Sallow
Alder Bracket (Mensularia radiata)
Silky Forklet-moss (Dicronella heteromalla)