The Narboroughs
The Narboroughs
just as it was
over a hundred & more years ago
Fox-tail Feather-moss (Thmnobryum alopecurum)
Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa)
LichenSp on the Blackthorn Twigs
LichenSp
Bonfire-moss (Funaria hygrometrica)
Slender Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum tenellum)
Great Scented Liverwort (Concephalum conicum)
Tall Thyme-moss (Plagiomnium elatum)
Great Horsetail (Equisetum telmateia)
Even Scalewort (Radula complanata)
Crisped Fork-moss (Dicranum bonjeanii)?
Three or four trees planted so close together they form a a multistemmed boundary marker
Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
A line of Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forming a marker boundary between parishes we think.
Strumpshaw Fen
Clark's Mining Bee (Andrena clarkella)
All males - even males on males - no females or associated Nomads visible today
Elfcup Sp
Hymenoscyphus vernus
Hazel Bracket (Skeletocutis semipileata)
From AW
Asteroma robergei with minute pycnidia seated on a mat of radiating brown hyphae
Mollisia Sp?
Snowy Disco (Lachnum virgineum)
Common Mazegill (Datronia mollis)
Mollisia Sp
Mollisia cinerea
Small black balls (Berlesiella nigerrima) on Birch Woodwart (Jackrogersella multiformis) . Also a small red fungus Cosmospora annulohypoxyli
Arcyria ferruginea?
Owl Midge Sp (Drain Fly, Sewer Fly , Moth Fly, Filter Fly), of which there are 99 species in the UK 
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)
x200
x400
Fungus (Polycephalomyces tomentosum) growing on a Slime Mold (Trichia facoginea)
Sweet White Violet (Viola odorata alba)
Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius)
Tree Bumble Bee (Bombus hypnorum)
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
Colletotrichum samarum on Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) Key
Common Tree Chernes (Chernes cimicoides)
Dotty Thyme-moss (Rhizomnium punctatum)
with the liverwort
Bifid Crestwort (Lophocolea bidentata)
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
Diaporthe pardolata on Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)
Tremella versicolor on Peniophera
Fungus Sp
Lophiostoma semiliberum on Reed (Phragmites australis)
Blickling
Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)
Mollisia ligni
?
Common Tar Crust (Diatrype stigma)
X400
Spore 29.88 µm x 9.96 µm
from AW
The Nectria found on Ivy close to the start was Thyronectria sinopic
Leptotrochila ranunculi on Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
Small black ascos on the leaf
Lichen Sp
Unusually with leaf gemmae
Cylindric Beard-moss (Didymodon insulanus)
Cape thread-moss (Orthdontium lineare)
Cladonia Sp
Larvae?
From JE
These are Thrips, subfamily Phlaeothripidae, which mostly feed on fungi. Can be identified by the larvae but only by experienced observers.
Fly Sp
Slime Mold Sp
From AW
The shiney black slime mold with orange spores was Metatrichia floriformis
Slime Mold Sp
Arcyria ferruginea?
Common Tar Crust (Diatrype stigma) on Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
SPider Sp & Mite Sp
Ochre Spreading Tooth (Stecherinum ochraceum)
Badhamis untricularis
Cinnamon Bracket (Hapilopilus nidulans)
Cacumisporium capitulatum
Spore 23 x 4 µm
Spore 2 x 1.5 µm
From AW
The 'Tequila sunrise' resupinate was Tomentella crinalis
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
Bifid Crestwort (Lophocolea bidentata) fruiting
Coprinellus (tulosesus) impatiens
Nectria Sp
Craterium minutum
Slime Mold Sp
Stemonitis Sp
Hypoxylon minutum
Ganoderma Sp
from AC
with a slighly zoned top - Artist's Bracket (Ganoderma aplanatum)
Slime Mold Sp
Elfcup Sp (Sarcoscypha Sp)
From TL
On balance: esp width of spores
Scarlet Elfcup (Sacroscypha austriaca)
Nectria Sp on King Alfred's Cakes (Daldinia)
Wolf's Milk (Lycogala Sp)
From TL
Lycogala terrestre
The small red fungi in the bottom right of this image are Cosmospora uceline
Brittle Cinder (Kretzchmaria deusta)
Brittle Cinder Fungus
Bartlett Tree Experts
X 40
X 100
Enlarged to show how the mid-leaf scales scarcely overlap.
Thus
Woodsy Silk-moss (Plagiothecium nemorale)
Beech Mast Fungus (Xylaria carpophila)
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.
Lichenicolous Fungi Unguiculariopsis thallophila on Lecanora hybocarpa.
From
Dorset Nature
Small feathery fungus (Volutella ciliata) on Beech mast (Fagus sylvatica)
Pyrenopeziza digitalina on Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) stem
Dersingham Fen
Fringed Bog-moss (Sphagnum fimbriatum)
Lustrous Bog-moss (Sphagnum subnitens)
Mueller's Pouchwort (Calypogeia muelleriana)
Common Feather-moss (Kindbergia prologa)
River Feather-moss (Brachythecium rivulare)
Common Pouchwort (Calypogeia fissa)
Juniper Haircap-moss (Polytrichum juniperinum) Male Plants
Stem Leaf
x200
0.6mm 
Branch Leaf
x200
1.0mm
Compact bog-moss (Sphagnum compactum) ?
Red-stemmed feather-moss (Pleurozium schreberi)
Minute Pouncewort (Myriocoliopsis minutissima)
Smooth Bristle-moss (Lewinskya striata)
Slender Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum tenellum)
Ulotta Sp
5mm
X40
X100
Calypogeia arguta
x40
x100
Two-horned Pincerwort (Cephalozia bicuspidata)
x100
Forcipated Pincerwort (Cephalozia connivens)
x40
4.5mm
Even Scalewort (Radula complanata)
x40
Forked Veilwort (Metzgeria furcata)
X 100
2mm
Swartz's feather-moss (Oxyrrhynchium hians)
Cladonia floerkeana
Nestled amongst the Heath Star-moss (Campylopus introflexus) among the Cladonia podetia a small green liverwort can just about be seen.
Showing almost ripe antheridia on a male shoot
X200
Common Threadwort (Cephaloziella divaricata)
Drunmsticks (Aulocomnium andodrogynum)
Felbrigg
Elegant Silk-moss (Pseudotaxyphyllum elegans) & (Calypogeia fissa)
Deeply bilobed under leaves of Calypogeia fissa 
The extra lobe on the underleaf visible above
x 200
Gemmae present on shoot tips
Some notches present a leaf apices
Common Pouchwort Calypogeia fissa)
A rather excellent liitle ground beetle with a characteristically course ridges on the head.
Crawling about on the Calypogeia
Notiophilus biguttatus
Mirid Bug
Pinalitus cervinus
Grateful thanks to DA for insect ids above
After a close encounter with a potting
this one played dead for fifteen minutes before
it got up and walked off in the image below.
Mosses
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum) & Silky Forkelt-moss (Dicronella heteromalla)
Moss
Elegant Silk-moss (Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans) with the tassles
Moss
Common Feather-moss (Kindbergia prolonga)
on Bank Haircap (Polytrichum formosum)
On Bank Haircap (Polytrichum formosum)
A male Snow Flea (Boreus hyemalis) clambering amongst Mosses & Liverworts
Early-flowering Borage (Tracheystermon orientalis)
Ichneumon Sp?
Wolterton
Dog's Mercury (Mercurialis perennis)
Cape Thread-moss (Orhtodontium lineare)
The hairs on the surface of the Elfcup are matted but not coiled
Thus
But not a foolproof method.
T
The fact that the hairs are septate contribute to a more confirmed id.
Ruby Elf Cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea)
Fly Sp
Spider Sp
Lecanactis abietina
Kneiff's Feather-moss (Leptodictyum riparum)
Greet Scented Liverwort (Conocephalum conicum)
Even Scalewort (Radula complanata) with Metzgeria furcata & Metzgeria violacea & Frullania dilatata
Dilated Scalewort (Frullenia dilatata)
?
Lichen Sp
Pertussaria Sp?
Pertussaria pertusa
By there is a pink discolouration on some of the warts
This one doesn't have the same number of black spots on each wart and in many cases no obvious ones at all
Sp??
Physconia grisea
Lateral Cryphaea (Cryphaea heteromalla)
Wavy Beard-moss (Didymodon sinuosus)
Thickpoint Grimia (Schistidium crassipilum)
Cape Thread-moss (Orthodontium lineare)
X100
x200
Lesser Pocket-moss (Fissidens bryoides var bryoides)
Bordered leaves about 1mm long.
Capsules held vertically
Supine Plait-moss (Hypnum cupressiforme var resupinatum)
Leaves most definitely pointing upwards
Dusky Beard-moss (Didymodon luridus)
Red Beard-moss (Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum)
Dwarf feather-moss (Microeurhyncium pumilum)
Houghton Hall
Melanelixia subaurifera
BLS
Chrysothrix Sp
Hyperphyscia adglutinata
Dorset Lichens
Irish Lichens
Lichen Sp1
Lichenicolous Fungi on Parmelia subrudecta
Lecanora expallens
BLS
Parmelia saxatilis
BLS
Chaenotheca trichialis
Dorset Lichens
Anisomeridium biforme
Lichens maritime
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
Julia also found this snippet
'There's always been a deer park at Houghton Hall, dating back to the innovative landscaping efforts of Charles Bridgeman in the early 18th century.
Bridgeman's departure from formal design principles ushered in a more natural, organic style that integrated elements of the surrounding wilderness.
Some of the trees he planted still thrive today, providing both beauty and sustenance for the park's inhabitants.'
Lecanactis abietina
Also seen on trees at Felbrigg and Thursford Woods
BLS
Scythioria (Caloplaca) phlogina
Irish Lichens
Pachnolepia pruinata
BLS
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 
Chaenotheca hispidula
An ancient tree species
A superb image from naturarkivet - Norway
Caloplaca oasis
Lichens Maritime
Physcia ceasia?
There were a number of things this could Lecidella stigmata being just one of them.
Three species present
From the left
Redshank (Ceratadon purpureum) - HeathStar Moss (Campylopus introflexus) - Grey-cushioned Grimmia (Grimmia pulvinata) - HeathStar Moss (Campylopus introflexus)
Lecanora polytropa
BLS
Lecanora soralifera
Irish Lichens
Scoliosporum umbrinum
Lichen Sp 2
Acarospora privigna
Lichens Maritime
Caloplaca flavescens & Flavoplaca/Caloplaca dichroa
Lichens maritime
Buellia ocelatta
Lichens Maritimes
Bagliettoa Sp?
Haematomma ochrocrleucum
Lichen Maritimes
Physcia orbicularis
BLS
Cladonia Sp
Apologies Rob I forgot to give it back to you. It's on a gravestone.
Lichen Sp 3
Lichen Medley
Verrucaria macrostoma form fufuracea
Irish Lichens
Yes (Taxus baccata) growing in the wall of the church
Lichen Sp 4
Fruiting Diploicea canescens
BLS
Lecanora campestris
Diplotoma alboatrum
Dorset Nature
Myriolecis crenulata
Lecanora antiqua
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.
Diploschistes scruposus
BLS
Awaiting determination
Flavoplaca ruderum
An East Anglian speciality on Church walls
Dorset Lichens
Lichen Medley
Schistidium crassipilum
Candelariella medians
Lichens Maritimes
An aggressive pathogen of lichens
Athelea arachnoidea
BLS
Lecanora campestris plus lichenicolous fungi
Small red fungus sp on an Atlantic Cedar Cone (Cedrus atlantica)
Marbe Screw-moss (Syntrichia papillosa)
Trapelia coarctata
Lemon yellow unkown as yet
Marsham Heath
Cladonia Sp?
Cladonia furcata
Cladonia Sp
Cladonia glauca with inrolled longitudinal split on the podetia
squamulose at the base and sorediate above
Cladonia squamosa?
Cladonia subulata
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
Non fertile mat of Cladonia digitata?
Cladonia Sp
Cladonia chlorophaea form?
Cladonia coniocraea
White Earwort (Diplophyllum albicans)
Cladonia fimbriata
Algae / Lichen ???
Baeomyces rufus
Large White Moss (Leucobryum glaucum)
Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)
Many thanks for the comments on id from the Norfolk Lichen recorder
Holkham
Dendrographa decolorans
Opegrapha niveoatra
Bleeding Oak Crust (Stereum gausapatum) on Holm Oak (Quercus ilex)
Candelariella vitellina
Melanelixia subaurifera
Physcia adscendens (green when wet)
Parmelia sulcata
Punctelia subrudecta
Peltigera canina
Physcia apolia
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.
After drying this one turned out to be Lecanora conizaeoides (P+ reaction) rather than L symmicta
Evernia prunastri?
Fruiting Xanthoria parietina
Holoplaca suedae
A very particular species that grows on the base of old stems of Shrubby Sea-blite (Sueda vera)
Cladonia rangiformis
Fungus ((Fumopsis galorum)) on Marble Gall (Andricus kollari)
Fruiting Physcia tenella
Showing the C+ red reaction
Trapeliopsis flexuosa
Micarea denigrata on saturated wood
Peltigera hymenina
Fly mines in the thatllus of Peltigera 
Cladonia chlorophaea?
Cladonia foliacea
Cladonia ramulosa
Cladonia glauca
Peltigera didactyla
Hypogymnia physodes
Cladonia ciliata var tenuis
Cliostomum griffithii on Pine
An aberrant variety of Cladonia - much branched and very think limbed.
Chemically it was Cladonia portentosa
To be determined
On saturated wet wood
Porpidia crustulata on wet wood
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
Cladonia ramulosa (pycnidial jelly) showing above the Cladonia foliacea
A mixture of Cladinia ramulosa (pycnidial jelly) & Cladonia gracilis)
Cladonia gracilis
Cladonia crispata
Lepraria incana on saturated pine.
Alyxoria varia + Anisomeridium biforme
Yellow Brain Fungus (Tremella mesenterica)
Pertusaria leoiplaca on Elm (Ulmis procera)
Coppinsiella ulcerosa
Ramalina canariensis