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Scarning Fen

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A splendid display off Ash Buds (Fraxinus excelsior)

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White-tipped Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum)

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Lichen Sp

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Lichen Sp

All of the above on Ash

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Frizzled Pincushion (Plenogemma phyllantha)

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Syntrichia Sp

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Xygodon Sp

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Witches Butter (Exidia glandulosa) on Oak

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Lichen Sp on Apple

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Lyell's Britle-moss (Pulvigera lyellii)

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Straw Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum stramineum)

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A stack of about 15 shots.

Frizzled Pincushion (Plenogemma phyllantha)


A very nice mixture on an Oak (Quercus robur) & Apple tree (Malus domestica)

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Black Bog-rush (Schoenus nigricans)

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Comb-moss (Ctenidium molluscum)

An indicator moss of calcareous habitats.

In this case a calcareous fen.

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Greasewort (Aneura pinguis)

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A fuzzy green Algae Sp

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Moon Poo - False Puffball (Lycoperdon reticularia)

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Mueller's Pouchwort (Calypogeia muelleriana) complete with gemmae at the base on Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

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This last image is a stack of about 25 shots.

Frizzled Pincushion living up to its latin name (Plenogemma phyllantha)

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Alder Carr (Alnus glutinosa)

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A wonderful display of Great Scented Liverwort (Conocephalum conicum)

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Dog's Mercury (Mercurialis perannis) nestled in at the base of an Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

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Even Scalewort (Radula complanata)

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Bluish Veilwort (Metzgeria violacea)

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Dotted Thyme-moss (Rhozomnium punctatum)

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White-tipped Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum) nestled in a crack in the bark of a Willow (Salix Sp)

with an accompaniment of Minute Pouchwort (Myriocoleopsis minutissima)


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Unopened Flower

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6 stamens & six tepals or perianth segments.
There are three inner ones & three outer.

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Three stigmas for each ovary.

Field Woodrush (Luzula campestris)

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