Houghton Hall

Houghton080226-1

Houghton080226-2

Houghton080226-3

Houghton080226-4

HoughtonMelanelixiasubaurifera08026-1

Melanelixia subaurifera

BLS

HoughtonChrysothrixSp080226-1

Chrysothrix Sp

HoughtonHyperphysciaadglutinata080226-1

HoughtonHyperphysciaadglutinata080226-2

Hyperphyscia adglutinata

Dorset Lichens

Irish Lichens

HoughtonLichenSp080226-1

Lichen Sp1

HoughtonPuncteliasubrudecta080226-1

Lichenicolous Fungi on Parmelia subrudecta

HoughtonLecanoraexpallens080226-1

Lecanora expallens

BLS

HoughtonParmeliasaxatilis080226-1

HoughtonParmeliasaxatilis080226-2

HoughtonParmeliasaxatilis080226-3

Parmelia saxatilis

BLS

HoughtonChaenothecatrichialis080226-1

Chaenotheca trichialis

Dorset Lichens

HoghtonAnisomeridiumbiforme080226-1

Anisomeridium biforme

Lichens maritime

Houghton080226-5

Houghton080226-6

Houghton080226-7

Houghton080226-8

Inosculation or natural grafting. Multiple trees planted very close together can grow into a single, large thick trunked tree.

As they grow together the bark scrapes away and the cambium layers fuse together.

Known as bundle planting

also sometimes called

Planting a 'gemel' (Pair)

17th Century landscape design practice recommend by John Evelyn

Evidence of Bundle Planting from the Dendrochronicle

HoughtonLeconactisabietina080226-1

HoughtonLeconactisabietina080226-2

Lecanactis abietina

Also seen on trees at Felbrigg and Thursford Woods

BLS

HoughtonCaloplacaScythioriaphlogina080226-1

HoughtonCaloplacaScythioriaphlogina080226-2

Scythioria (Caloplaca) phlogina

Irish Lichens

Houghton080226-10

Houghton080226-11

Houghton080226-12

HoughtonPachnolepiapruinata080226-1

HoughtonPachnolepiapruinata080226-1 1

HoughtonPachnolepiapruinata080226-2

Pachnolepia pruinata

BLS

HoughtonSporodophoroncretaceum080226-1

HoughtonSporodophoroncretaceum080226-4

HoughtonSporodophoroncretaceum080226-2

HoughtonSporodophoroncretaceum080226-3

Sphorodophoron cretaceum

A distinctive white crust found on the dry side old trees.

A component of the Ancient Dry Bark Community

K+ Bright Yellow

BLS

HoghtonChaenothecahispidula080226-1

HoghtonChaenothecahispidula080226-2

Chaenotheca hispidula

An ancient tree species

A superb image from naturarkivet - Norway

HoughtonCaloplacoasis080226-1

Caloplaca oasis

Lichens Maritime

HoughtonPhysciaCaesia080226-1

Physcia ceasia?

Houghton???080226-1

Houghton???080226-2

There were a number of things this could Lecidella stigmata being just one of them.

HoughtonMoss080226-1

Three species present

From the left

Redshank (Ceratadon purpureum) - HeathStar Moss (Campylopus introflexus) - Grey-cushioned Grimmia (Grimmia pulvinata) - HeathStar Moss (Campylopus introflexus)

HoughtonLecanorapolytropa080226-1

HoughtonLecanorapolytropa080226-2

HoughtonLecanorapolytropa080226-3

Lecanora polytropa

BLS

HoughtonLecidellascabra08022-1

Lecanora soralifera

Irish Lichens

HoughtonScoliosporumumbrinum080226-1

HoughtonScoliosporumumbrinum080226-1 1

Scoliosporum umbrinum

HoughtonLichen6080226-1 1

HoughtonLichen6080226-2 1

Lichen Sp 2

HoghtonAcorosporaprovigna080226-1

HoghtonAcorosporaprovigna080226-1 1

Acarospora privigna

Lichens Maritime

HoughtonCaloplacadichroa080226-1

HoughtonCaloplacadichroa080226-1 1

HoughtonCaloplacadichroa080226-2

Caloplaca flavescens & Flavoplaca/Caloplaca dichroa

Lichens maritime

HoughtonBuelliaocellata

Buellia ocelatta

Lichens Maritimes


HoughtonBagliettoaSp080226-1

HoughtonBagliettoaSp080226-2

Bagliettoa Sp?

HoughtonHaematommaochroleucum080226-1

HoughtonHaematommaochroleucum080226-3

HoughtonHaematommaochroleucum080226-2

Haematomma ochrocrleucum

Lichen Maritimes

HoughtonPhysciaorbicularis080226-1

Physcia orbicularis

BLS

HoughtonCladoniaSp080226-1

Cladonia Sp
Apologies Rob I forgot to give it back to you. It's on a gravestone.


HoughtonLichenSp7080226-1

Lichen Sp 3

HoughtonLichenSpMedley08226-1

Lichen Medley

HoughtonVeruucariamacrostomaform furfuracea080226-1

HoughtonVeruucariamacrostomaform furfuracea080226-2

HoughtonVeruucariamacrostomaform furfuracea080226-3

HoughtonVeruucariamacrostomaform furfuracea080226-4

Verrucaria macrostoma form fufuracea

Irish Lichens

HoughtonYew080226-1

Yes (Taxus baccata) growing in the wall of the church

HoughtonLichenSp8080226-1

Lichen Sp 4

HoughtonDiploiciacanescens080226-1

HoughtonDiploiciacanescens080226-2

Fruiting Diploicea canescens

BLS


HoughtonLecanoracampestris080226-1

HoughtonLecanoracampestris080226-2

Lecanora campestris

HoughtonDiplotomaalboatrum080226-1

HoughtonDiplotomaalboatrum080226-2

HoughtonDiplotomaalboatrum080226-3

Diplotoma alboatrum

Dorset Nature

HoughtonLecanoracrenulata080226-1

HoughtonLecanoracrenulata080226-1 1

Myriolecis crenulata

HoughtonLecanoraantiqua080226-1

HoughtonLecanoraantiqua080226-2

Lecanora antiqua

HoughtonHallBirdring080226-1

HoughtonBirdRing080226-2

Found on a gravestone
Sent to BTO

Ringing Scheme: London Ring Number: BLD8878 Species of bird: Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
This bird was
ringed by North Norfolk Ringing Group as age juvenile (passerines only), sex unknown on 09-Jun-2025 08:30:00 at Houghton Park, Norfolk, England
OS Map reference TF7828 accuracy 0, - co-ordinates 52deg 49min N 0deg 38min E accuracy 0.

It was
found on 08-Feb-2026 time unknown at Houghton Park, Norfolk, England
OS Map reference TF7928 accuracy 0, - co-ordinates 52deg 49min N 0deg 39min E accuracy 0.
Finding condition: Freshly dead - within about a Week
Finding circumstances: Leg & Ring Only Found
Extra Information: Photo of leg and a few feathers, Houghton Hall Churchyard, on a gravestone
It was found 244 days after it was ringed, 1 km from the ringing site, direction E.


HoughtonDiploschistesscruposus080226-1

Diploschistes scruposus

BLS

Houghton????080226-1

Houghton????080226-2

Awaiting determination

HoughtonCaloplacaSp080226-1 1

HoughtonCaloplacaSp080226-1

Flavoplaca ruderum

An East Anglian speciality on Church walls

Dorset Lichens

HoughtonLichenMedley2080226-1

Lichen Medley

HoughtonSchistidiumcrassipilum080226-1

HoughtonSchistidiumcrassipilum080226-2

Schistidium crassipilum

HoughtonCanderlariellamediansd080226-1

HoughtonCanderlariellamediansd080226-2

HoughtonCanderlariellamediansd080226-2 1

Candelariella medians

Lichens Maritimes


HoughtonAtheliaarachnoidea080226-1

HoughtonAtheliaarachnoidea080226-2

HoughtonAtheliaarachnoidea080226-3

An aggressive pathogen of lichens

Athelea arachnoidea

BLS

HoughtonLecanoracampestris2080226-1

HoughtonLecanoracampestris2080226-2

HoughtonLecanoracampestris2080226-3

Lecanora campestris plus lichenicolous fungi

HoughtonFungusCedarCone080226-1

Small red fungus sp on an Atlantic Cedar Cone (Cedrus atlantica)

HoughtonTrapeliacoarctata080226-1

HoughtonTrapeliacoarctata080226-2

HoughtonSyntrichiapapillosa080226-1 1

Marbe Screw-moss (Syntrichia papillosa)

HoughtonTrapeliacoarctata080226-3

Trapelia coarctata

Houghton?????080226-1

Lemon yellow unkown as yet

Houghton080226-13

Comments

Marsham Heath

MarshamHeath150126-1

MarshamHeath150126-2

MarshamHeathCladonia1150126-1

MarshamHeathCladonia1150126-2

Cladonia Sp?

MarshamHeathCladonia2150126-1

MarshamHeathCladonia2150126-2

Cladonia furcata

MarshamHeathCladonia3150126-1

MarshamHeathCladonia3150126-2

Cladonia Sp

MarshamHeathCladonia4150124-2

Cladonia glauca with inrolled longitudinal split on the podetia

squamulose at the base and sorediate above

MarshamHeathCladonia5150126-1

MarshamHeathCladonia5150126-2

MarshamHeathCladonia5150126-3

MarshamHeathCladonia5150126-4

Cladonia squamosa?

MarshamHeathCladonia6150126-3

Cladonia subulata

MarshamHeathCladonia7150126-1

MarshamHeathCladonia7150126-2

MarshamHeathCladonia7150126-3

MarshamHeathCladonia7150126-4

Cladonia digitata was the original thought but helpful comments from Norfolk's Lichen recorder

suggest this is actually Caldonia polydactyla. Reasoning - the squamules are too incised for digitata.

Interestingly the next three images show an infertile mat of squamules that are rounded and with upturned edges, which is right for

Cladonia digitata

MarshamHeathCladonia9150126-1

MarshamHeathCladonia9150126-2

MarshamHeathCladonia9150126-3

Non fertile mat of Cladonia digitata?

MarshamHeathCladonia8150126-1

Cladonia Sp

Cladonia chlorophaea form?

MarshamHeathCladoniaconiocraea150126-1

Cladonia coniocraea

MarshamHeathWhiteEarwort150126-1

MarshamHeathWhiteEarwort150126-2

White Earwort (Diplophyllum albicans)

MarshanHeathCfimbriata150126-1

MarshanHeathCfimbriata150126-2

MarshanHeathCfimbriata150126-3

MarshanHeathCfimbriata150126-4

MarshamHeathCfimbriatum150126-5

Cladonia fimbriata

MarshanHeathCualiflowerLichen150126-1

MarshanHeathCualiflowerLichen150126-2

Algae / Lichen ???

MarshamHeathBrufus150126-1

Baeomyces rufus

MarshanHeathGreebLichen150126-1



MarshanHeathLeucobriumglaucum150126-1

MarshanHeathLeucobriumglaucum150126-2

Large White Moss (Leucobryum glaucum)

MarshanHeathTurkeyTail150126-1

Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)

Many thanks for the comments on id from the Norfolk Lichen recorder

Comments

Holkham

Holkham110125-1

HolkhamDendrographadecolorans110126-1

HolkhamDendrographadecolorans110126-2

HolkhamDendrographadecolorans110126-3

Dendrographa decolorans

HolkhamOpegraphavulgata110126-1

HolkhamOpegraphavulgata110126-2

HolkhamOpegraphavulgata110126-3

Opegrapha niveoatra

HolkhamBleedingCrust110126-1

Bleeding Oak Crust (Stereum gausapatum) on Holm Oak (Quercus ilex)

HolkhamCalandieriellavitellina110126-2

HolkhamCalandieriellavitellina110126-3

HolkhamCalandieriellavitellina110126-4

Candelariella vitellina

HolkhamMelanelixiasubaurifera110126-1

HolkhamMelanelixiasubaurifera110126-2

HolkhamMelanelixiasubaurifera110126-3

Melanelixia subaurifera

HolkhamPadscenden110126-2

Physcia adscendens (green when wet)

HolkhamParmeliasulcate110126-1

HolkhamParmeliasulcate110126-2

HolkhamParmeliasulcate110126-3

Parmelia sulcata

HolkhamPuncteliasubrudecta110126-1

HolkhamPuncteliasubrudecta110126-2

Punctelia subrudecta

HolkhamPcanina110126-1

HolkhamPcanina110126-2

Peltigera canina

HolkhamPhysciaaipollia110126-1

HolkhamPhysciaaipollia110126-2

HolkhamPhysciaaipollia110126-3

Physcia apolia

HolkhamCladonia?110126-1

HolkhamCladonia?110126-2

HolkhamCladonia?110126-3

HolkhamCladonia?110126-4

HolkhamCladonia?110126-5

Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat

Norfolk Recorder's Comments

The proliferating Cladonia I couldn’t get to anything else but chlorophaea s. lat despite
it looking very different from the other more conventional cupped chlorophaea.
I suspect it is a different species, but needs specialist determination.


HolkhamCrustoseBlue110126-1 1

After drying this one turned out to be Lecanora conizaeoides (P+ reaction) rather than L symmicta

HolkhamVerniaprunastri110126-1

Evernia prunastri?

HolkhamXanthoriaparientina110126-1

HolkhamXparietina110126-2

Fruiting Xanthoria parietina

HolkhamHsuedae110126-2

Holoplaca suedae

A very particular species that grows on the base of old stems of Shrubby Sea-blite (Sueda vera)

HolkhamCportentosa110126-1

HolkhamCportentosa110126-2

HolkhamCportentosa110126-4

Cladonia rangiformis

HolkhamFomopsisgalorum110126-1

HolkhamFomopsisgalorum110126-2

Fungus ((Fumopsis galorum)) on Marble Gall (Andricus kollari)

HolkhamPadscendens110126-1

Fruiting Physcia tenella

HolkhamTrapeliopsisflexuosa110126-1

HolkhamTrapeliopsisflexuosa110126-2

HolkhamTrapeliopsisflexuosa110126-3

Showing the C+ red reaction

Trapeliopsis flexuosa

Holkham110125-2

Holkham110125-3

HolkhamMicarealignaria110126-1

Micarea denigrata on saturated wood

HolkhamPhymenina110126-1

HolkhamPhymenina110126-2

HolkhamPhymenina110126-3

Peltigera hymenina

HolkhamFlyMines110126-1

Fly mines in the thatllus of Peltigera

HolkhamCchlorophaea110126-1

HolkhamCchlorophaea110126-2

Cladonia chlorophaea?

HolkhamCfoliacea110126-0

Cladonia foliacea

HolkhamCranulosa110126-1

Cladonia ramulosa

HolkhamCglauca110126-1

HolkhamCglauca110126-2

Cladonia glauca

HolkhamPdidactyla110126-2 1

Peltigera didactyla

HolkhamHypogymniaphyspdes110126-1

Hypogymnia physodes

HolkhanCladoniacilataVartenuis110126-1

HolkhanCladoniacilataVartenuis110126-2

HolkhanCladoniacilataVartenuis110126-3

HolkhanCladoniacilataVartenuis110126-4

HolkhanCladoniacilataVartenuis110126-5

Cladonia ciliata var tenuis

HolkhamCliostomumgriffithii110126-1

HolkhamCliostomumgriffithii110126-2

HolkhamCliostomumgriffithii110126-3

HolkhamCliostomumgriffithii110126-4

Cliostomum griffithii on Pine

HolkhamCladonieThickLimbed110126-1

HolkhamCladonieThickLimbed110126-2

HolkhamCladonieThickLimbed110126-3

HolkhamCladonieThickLimbed110126-4

HolkhamCladonieThickLimbed110126-5

HolkhamCladonieThickLimbed110126-6

HolkhamCladonieThickLimbed110126-7

An aberrant variety of Cladonia - much branched and very think limbed.

Chemically it was Cladonia portentosa

HolkhamUnknown110126-1

HolkhamUnknown110126-2

To be determined

On saturated wet wood

HolkhamPorpidiacrustulata110126-1

HolkhamPorpidiacrustulata110126-2

HolkhamPorpidiacrustulata110126-3

Porpidia crustulata on wet wood

HolkhamEarthstar110126-1

HolkhamEarthstar110126-2

HolkhamEarthstar110126-3

Tiny Earthstar (Geastrum minimum)

Thanks to JR for confirmation of id, who offered these pointers

A roughened spore sac with a delimited fimbriate peristome
A short thick stem attaching the spore sac to the main fruitbody
Multiple but non-hygroscopic rays with evidence of former thick flesh when fresh
Small size
Habitat of sand dunes


HolkhamCfoliacea110126-1

HolkhamCfoliacea110126-2

HolkhamCfoliacea110126-3

Cladonia ramulosa (pycnidial jelly) showing above the Cladonia foliacea

HolkhamCgracilis110126-1

HolkhamCgracilis110126-2

HolkhamCgracilis110126-3

HolkhamCgracilis110126-4

HolkhamCgracilis110126-5

A mixture of Cladinia ramulosa (pycnidial jelly) & Cladonia gracilis)

HolkhamCgracilis110126-6

HolkhamCgracilis110126-7

HolkhamCgracilis110126-00

Cladonia gracilis

HolkhamCcrispatat110126-1

HolkhamCcrispata110126-00

Cladonia crispata

HolkhamLeprariaincana110126-1

Lepraria incana on saturated pine.

Holkham110125-4

Holkham110125-5

HolkhamAnisomeridiumbiforme110126-1

HolkhamAnisomeridiumbiforme110126-2

Alyxoria varia + Anisomeridium biforme

Holkham110125-6

Holkham110125-7

Yellow Brain Fungus (Tremella mesenterica)

HolkhamPleioplaca110126-1

HolkhamPleioplaca110126-2

HolkhamPleioplaca110126-3

HolkhamPleioplaca110126-4

HolkhamPleioplaca110126-5

Pertusaria leoiplaca on Elm (Ulmis procera)


Holkham110126-8

HolkhamCaloplaca?110126-1

HolkhamCaloplaca?110126-2

Coppinsiella ulcerosa

HolkhamRcanariensis110126-1

HolkhamRcanariensis110126-2

Ramalina canariensis

Holkham110126-9

Comments