Strumpshaw Fen

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StrumpshawAndrenaclarkella150326-1

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Clark's Mining Bee (Andrena clarkella)

All males - even males on males - no females or associated Nomads visible today

StrumpshawElfCup150326-1

StrumpshawElfCup150326-2

Elfcup Sp

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StrumpshawBisporella1150326-2

Hymenoscyphus vernus

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Hazel Bracket (Skeletocutis semipileata)

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From AW

Asteroma robergei with minute pycnidia seated on a mat of radiating brown hyphae
StrumpshawLachnumMollisa150326-1

Mollisia Sp?

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StrumpshawLachnumvirgineum150326-2

StrumpshawLachnumvirgineum150326-3

Snowy Disco (Lachnum virgineum)

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Common Mazegill (Datronia mollis)

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StrumpshawMollisia150326-2

Mollisia Sp

Mollisia cinerea

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StrumpshawBBNectria150326-2

Small black balls (Berlesiella nigerrima) on Birch Woodwart (Jackrogersella multiformis) . Also a small red fungus Cosmospora annulohypoxyli

StrumpshawOrangeSlimeMold150326-1

Arcyria ferruginea?

StrumpshawOwlFly150326-2

Owl Midge Sp (Drain Fly, Sewer Fly , Moth Fly, Filter Fly), of which there are 99 species in the UK

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Leaf 6mm

x40
Leaf bases running down into the stem

Uniformly toothed all around the edge of the leaf

cells in diagonal rows

Tall Thyme-moss (Plagiomnium elatum)

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x200

StrumpshawSlimeMoldFungus150326-4

x400

Fungus (Polycephalomyces tomentosum) growing on a Slime Mold (Trichia facoginea)

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Sweet White Violet (Viola odorata alba)

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Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius)

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Tree Bumble Bee (Bombus hypnorum)

StrumpshawCeratomyia150326-1

StrumpshawCeratomyia150326-2

Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

StrumpshawAsh150326-1

Colletotrichum samarum on Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) Key

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Common Tree Chernes (Chernes cimicoides)

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Dotty Thyme-moss (Rhizomnium punctatum)

with the liverwort

Bifid Crestwort (Lophocolea bidentata)

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StrumpshawLachnumpudibundum150326-2

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StrumpshawLachnumpudibundum150326-4

A creamy yellow hymenium became more obvious as they opened. Short stalked, growing on Salix.

The last image shows how they change colour (reddish, pink, orange) as they age

Lachnum pudibundum

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StrumpshawDiaportheSp150326-2

Diaporthe pardolata on Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)

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Tremella versicolor on Peniophera

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Fungus Sp

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StrumpshawLophiostomaReed150326-3

Lophiostoma semiliberum on Reed (Phragmites australis)




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Blickling

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BlicklingHairyCurtainCrust040326-1

Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)

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BlicklingMollisialigni040326-3

Mollisia ligni

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?

BlicklingHypoxylonpetriniae040326-1

BlicklingHypoxylonpetriniae040326-2

BlicklingHypoxylonpetriniae040326-3

Common Tar Crust (Diatrype stigma)

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X400

Spore 29.88 µm x 9.96 µm

from AW

The Nectria found on Ivy close to the start was Thyronectria sinopic

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BlicklingDiscoranuncul040326-2

Leptotrochila ranunculi on Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)

Small black ascos on the leaf


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BlicklingLichenSp040326-2

Lichen Sp

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BlicklingDidymodoninsulanus040326-1

Unusually with leaf gemmae

Cylindric Beard-moss (Didymodon insulanus)

BlicklingOrthtrichmlineare040326-1

Cape thread-moss (Orthdontium lineare)

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BlicklingCladoniaSp040326-2

BlicklingCladoniaSp040326-3

BlicklingCladoniaSp040326-4

Cladonia Sp

BlicklingLarva?040326-1

BlicklingLarva?040326-2

BlicklingLarva?040326-3

Larvae?

From JE

These are Thrips, subfamily Phlaeothripidae, which mostly feed on fungi. Can be identified by the larvae but only by experienced observers.

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Fly Sp

BlicklingWoodwart040326-1

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BlicklingSlimeMold1040326-3

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Slime Mold Sp

From AW

The shiney black slime mold with orange spores was Metatrichia floriformis

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BlicklingSlimeMold2040326-2

BlicklingSlimeMold2040326-3

Slime Mold Sp

Arcyria ferruginea?

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BlicklingCommonTarCrust040326-2

BlicklingCommonTarCrust040326-3

Common Tar Crust (Diatrype stigma) on Beech (Fagus sylvatica)

BlicklingSpider&Mite2040326-1

SPider Sp & Mite Sp

BlicklingStecherrinumochraceum040326-1

BlicklingStecherrinumochraceum040326-2

Ochre Spreading Tooth (Stecherinum ochraceum)

BlicklingBadhamiautricularis040326-1

BlicklingBadhamiautricularis040326-2

Badhamis untricularis

BlicklingCinnamonbracket040326-1

BlicklingCinnamonbracket040326-2

Cinnamon Bracket (Hapilopilus nidulans)

BlicklingCacumisporiumcapitulatum040326-1

BlicklingCacumisporumcapitulatum040326-2

Cacumisporium capitulatum

Spore 23 x 4 µm

BlicklingTomentella?Hyphomycete040326-1

Hyphomycete040326-2

Hyphomycete040326-3

BlicklingHyphomycete040326-4

Spore 2 x 1.5 µm

From AW

The 'Tequila sunrise' resupinate was Tomentella crinalis

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BlicklingDendrostilbella040326-2

BlicklingDendrostilbella040326-3

BlicklingDendrostilbella040326-4

X 200

Spore 38.35 µm x 17.7 µm

From AW

The pale synnemata on the rotten wood were Phaeoisaria clematidis - this is meant to be common according to Ellis & Ellis, but there is only one record on the Mycota dating back to 1946
Synnamata - specilaized, upright asexual reproducitve structures produced by certain fungi where numerous conidiohores fuse to form a stalk-like, often branched, bundle.
This can be clearly seen in the images above.

Phaeoisaria clematidis

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Bifid Crestwort (Lophocolea bidentata) fruiting

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Blickling040326-2

BlicklingNarcissus040326-1

BlickingCoprinoid040326-1

BlickingCoprinoid040326-2

BlickingCoprinoid040326-3

Coprinellus (tulosesus) impatiens

BlicklingDialonectriaepishpaeria040326-1

Nectria Sp

BlicklingCrateriaminutum040326-1

Craterium minutum

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BlicklingSlimeMold3040326-2

Slime Mold Sp

Stemonitis Sp

BlicklingHypocrea040326-2

Hypoxylon minutum

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BlicklingGanoderma040326-2

BlicklingGanoderma040326-3

Ganoderma Sp

from AC
with a slighly zoned top - Artist's Bracket (Ganoderma aplanatum)

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Blickling040326-4

BlicklingSlimeMold4040326-1

Slime Mold Sp

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BlicklingElfCup040326-2

Elfcup Sp (Sarcoscypha Sp)

From TL
On balance: esp width of spores

Scarlet Elfcup (Sacroscypha austriaca)

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Nectria Sp on King Alfred's Cakes (Daldinia)

BlicklingLycogala040326-1

BlicklingLycogala040326-2

Wolf's Milk (Lycogala Sp)

From TL

Lycogala terrestre

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BlicklingBrittleCinder040326-1

BlicklingBrittleCinder040326-2

The small red fungi in the bottom right of this image are Cosmospora uceline

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Brittle Cinder (Kretzchmaria deusta)

Brittle Cinder Fungus

Bartlett Tree Experts


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BlicklingPlagiothecium040326-3

X 40

BlicklingPlagiothecium040326-2

X 100

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Enlarged to show how the mid-leaf scales scarcely overlap.

Thus

Woodsy Silk-moss (Plagiothecium nemorale)

BlicklingXylariacarpophila040326-1

Beech Mast Fungus (Xylaria carpophila)

BlicklingFissidensbryoides040326-1

Lesser Pocket-moss (Fissidens bryoides)

You can see the line of border cells to the edge of the leaf, which is characteristic of this species.

The other common species does not have this feature and is often much larger.


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BlicklingLFLecanorahybocarpa040326-2

Lichenicolous Fungi Unguiculariopsis thallophila on Lecanora hybocarpa.

From
Dorset Nature


BlicklingSpiderFungus040326-1

Small feathery fungus (Volutella ciliata) on Beech mast (Fagus sylvatica)


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Pyrenopeziza digitalina on Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) stem

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