Peltigera membranacea





Peltigera hymenina





Syntrichia ruralis



Cladonia Sp?











Cladonia furcata











Cladonia ciliata var ciliata







Rue-leaved Saxifrage (Saxifrage tridactylytes)



Cetraria aculeata





Spurge Laurel (Daphne laureola)

Elegant Silk-moss (Pseudotaxyphyllum elegans) & (Calypogeia fissa)









Deeply bilobed under leaves of Calypogeia fissa



The extra lobe on the underleaf visible above




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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?

Tags: Landscape, Notiophilusbiguttatus, Pinalituscervinus§, SnowFlea, SilkyForklet-moss, Swan'sHeadThyme-moss, CommonFeatherMoss, ElegantSilk-moss

Dog's Mercury (Mercurialis perennis)



Cape Thread-moss (Orhtodontium lineare)











The hairs on the surface of the Elfcup are matted but not coiled

Thus

Ruby Elf Cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea)



Fly Sp







Spider Sp





Lecanactis abietina









Kneiff's Feather-moss (Leptodictyum riparum)







Greet Scented Liverwort (Conocephalum conicum)







Long, narrow cells

Plagiothecium curvifolium?



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)





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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)

Tags: LesserPocket-moss, CapeThread-moss, ThickpointGrimmia, DwarfFeather-moss, EvenScalewort, RedBeard-moss, DuskyBeard-moss, SupinePlait-moss, DilatedScalewort, WavyBeard-moss, FlySp, RubyElfcup, Dog'sMercury, Landscape, LateralCryphaea, Physconiagrisea, LichenSp, GreatScentedLiverwort, Kneiff'sfeather-moss, Lecanactisabietina, SpiderSp

Baeomyces rufus



Octotemnus glabriculus attacked by Beauveria bassiana

Grateful thanks to SL for ids











Coniocarpon cinnabarinum

BLS



Exidia plana







Ganoderma



Probably Glistening Inkcap (Coprinellus micaceus)





Fruitng Jamesiella anastomosans





Jelly Ear (Auricularia auricula-judae)













Lumpy Bracket (Trametes gibbosa)









Cosmospora arxii on Beech Woodwart (Hypoxylon fragiforme)





Pine Cone Cap (Strobilurus tenacellus)





Conifer Disco (Lachnellula subtilissima) on Pine







Heterobasidion annosum









Grateful thanks to Norfolk Lichen recorder for the image above.



Graphis inustuloides

BLS



Scurfy Twiglet (Tubaria furfuracea)





Arcerya denudata



?



Slime Mold plasmodium



Female Snow Flea (Boreus hyemalis)





Sheet Weaver Spider

Drapetiscus socialis





Spring Pin (Cudoniella clavus)







Early-flowering Borage Tracheystemon orientalis

Jeremy's Blog Post





Ulotta crispa/bruchii







Winter Polypore (Polyporus brumalis)



Slug Sp



Lichenicolous Fungi on Physcia adscendens



Lichenicolous Fungi on Physcia tenella



Revolute Beard-moss (Pseudocrossidium revolutum)





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Spores 10 µm x 5 µm

Neonectria coccinea

A fungal pathogen of Beech (Fagus sylvatica), which in severe cases can kill the tree.

Neonectria coccinea: The Red Fungus Threatening Beech Trees

from Paul's Back Garden Safari


Yellow Fungus

From SW

I have keyed this out in Ellis & Ellis and arrived at
Mariannaea elegans
Colonies effuse, whitish to pale golden brown.  Conidiophores hyaline, 200-750 x 10-14, vertically branched at the apex.  
Conidia formed in slipped chains or slimy heads, hyaline, fusiform or angular, 4-6 x 2-3.5.  On wood and bark.
From Plant Parasites of Europe

An original line drawing from 1838
A C J Corda, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons


Beech Mast Candlesuff (Xylaria carpophila)







Tiny branchlets

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Elegant Silk-moss (Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans)

There are clusters of small branchlets visible on some of the shoots, characteristic of this species.

Tags: LichenicolousFungiSp, RevoluteBeard-moss, ElegantSilk-moss, SlugSp, WinterPolypore, UlottaSp, ConiferDisco, Jamesiellaanastomosans, Early-floweringBorage, SpringPin, Drapetiscussocialis, SnowFlea

Cladonia Sp ( Coniocrea?)



Alga SP



White Brain (Exidia thuretiana)



Fly Sp



Mollisia Sp?





Bifid Crestwort (Lophocolea bidentata)





Creeping Fingerwort (Lepidozia reptans



Forked Veilwort (Metzgeria furcata)











Aloe Haircap (Poganatum aloides)





Rowan Buds (Sorbus aucuparia)



Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa)



Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor)





Silky Forklet-moss (Dicronella heteromalla)




Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum)

Tags: WhiteBrain, CladoniaSP, SilkyForkletMoss, Swan's-neckThyme-moss, TurkeyTail, SweetChestnut, Rowan, AloeHaircap, CreepingFingerwort, BifidCrestwort, MollisiaSp, FlySp

Circinaria contorta

Irish Lichens









Cladonia mitis

BLS



Cladonia Sp?







Cladonia crispata var?

UV+ White

35- 40 mm high

BLS

Cladonia crispata var. crispata

Cladonia crispata var. cetrariformis























Cladonia diversa

BLS





Cladonia subulata

BLS





Cladonia foliacea

BLS



BLS

Cladonia furcata subsp. furcata

Cladonia furcata subsp. subrangiformis










Another rather rare sp in this part of the world

BLS

Cladonia uncialis subsp uncialis











Possibly Cladonia uncialis subsp. biuncialis

seems to have a different morphology

It is also UV + & KC + Yellow



Cladonia uncialis subsp. biuncialis



Cladonia Sp in amongst Cladonia foliacea





Evernia prunastri

The lower image shows the rarer lighter/white coloured version of this species



Cetraria aculaeata

Tags: Circinereacontorta, CladoniaSP, Cetrariaaculeata, Cladoniacrispata, Cladoniacervicornis, CladoniaSubulata, Cladoniafoliacea, Cladoniafurcata, Cladoniauncialis, Everniaprunastri

Cladonia cornuta

A heathtail. Robust podetia half corticate and half sorediate , pointed, unbranched. The upper half grey green to grey white & densely farinose sorediate

Chemically negative except for Pd + red



Rare in our part of the world.
Has also recently been found on Cawston Heath as well

BLS





Cladonia ciliata var tenuis

Podetia tips point largely in the same downward direction with a purplish colour.

Chemistry only Pd + red

BLS



























Cladonia rangiferina

Very much in an isolated population that seems to be growing slowly.

A bulky lichen with recurved branches and a more visible felted cortex than other reindeer type lichen, which can be clearly seen in the images above.

Also K+ Yellow









Cladonia cervicornis

This species has tiered cups. Generally but not exclusively one tier. Can lead to the confusion with Cladonia verticillata which is many tiered.

The key difference is the longer more incised lobes of the basal squamules in Cladonia cervicrnis, which can be seen in the images above.





Hypogymnia physodes







Corticifraga fuckellii



Hawksworthiana peltigericola





Nectriopsis lecanodes

Three Species of lichenicolous fungi found on Peltigera hymenina

BLS

Tags: Hypogymniaphysodes, Cladoniacervicornis, Cladoniarangiferina, Cladoniaciliatavartenuis, Cladoniacornuta, LichenicolousFungiSp

Hazel (Corylus avellana)











Alder Goblet (Ciboria caucus) on Alder (Alnus glutinosa) catkins





Deconicus horizontalis

4 spored basidia plus the spores had a germ pore

Tags: AlderGoblet, FungsSp, Hazel

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

Tags: Landscape, Melanelixiasubaurifera, ChrysothixSp

Cladonia fimbriata





Cladonia floerkeana





Cladonia Sp





Cladonia glauca



Lichen Sp







Tubaria furfuracea





Gorse (Ulex europaeus)



Peziza Sp

Tags: ScurfyTwiglet, Gorse, Cladoniaglauca, CladoniaSP, Cladoniafloerkeana, PezizaSp, Cladoniafimbriata

Cladonia chlorophaea form?



Cladonia foliacea



Cladonia gracilis



Cladonia portentosa and Cladonia chlorophaea form























Cladonia ciliata

C- K- KC- UV-



Dicranum scoparium & Polytrichum juniperinum



Perltigera Sp?, Dicranum scoparium and Polytrichum juniperinum



Peltigera Sp?, Dicranum scoparium & Cladonia portentosa





Slime mold Sp on Cladonia portentosa



Cladonia ramulosa

Tags: Cladoniachlorophaea, Cladoniaportentosa, Dicranumscoparium, Cladoniagracilis, Cladoniaciliata, SlimeMoldSp, Cladoniafoliacea

Parmelia sulcata?

Black rizines. Black underside.



A very wet Physconia grisea

Granular soredia on the edges of the lobes.
White rizines seen
Goes grey- brown when dry.





Cladonia Sp











Smooth Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum striatum)

16 peristome teeth





Flat-leaved Scalewort (Radula complanata)



Ramalina farinacea







Beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Probably a boundary group made up of a number of trees

Decidedly muscular as Beech often are.

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








Crimp Gill (Plicatura crispa)



Crepidotus Sp



Postia Sp?














Flat-top Bogmoss(Sphagnum fallax)















Fringed Bogmoss (Sphagnum fimbriatum)





Cow-horn Bogmoss (Sphagnum cuspidatum)



Blunt-leaved Bogmoss (Sphagnum palustre)



Ulotta Sp





Waved Silk-moss (Plagiothecium undulatum)





Bog Groove-moss (Aulacomnium palistre)





Cape thread-moss (Orthodontium lineare)





Common Pincushion (Dicranoweisia cirrata)



Cladonia coniocrea







Variable-leaved Crestwort (Lophocolea heterophylla)









Capillary Thread-moss (Bryum capillare)

&

from

Bryophilus fungi

Octospora Sp that grows with Ptychostomum (Bryum) capillare.

Not formerly named beyond

Octospora coccinea/axilaris agg

If in Norfolk it would be the third Norfolk record.





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1.5mm



x100

A bit confusing this as the leaf above shows no teeth.

But as Julia pointed out (Thank you)

• Lf bases are very narrowly decurrent (had to look long and hard on this)

• No teeth on the fresh new leaves of the specimen (but found toothed leaves amongst older parts). Smith says: 'margins sometimes entire in plants in dry habitats.', although teeth maybe 'obsolete' in P. rostratum.

• Laminal cells porose (not or hardly so in P.rostratum).

Tags: Parmeliasulcata, Physconiagrisea, CladoniaSP, SmoothBristle-moss, Ramalinafarinacea, Beech, CrimpGill, CrepidotusSp, PostiaSp, FringedBogmoss, WavedSilk-moss, CapeThread-moss, Cladoniaconiocrea, Variable-leavedCrestwort, CapillaryThread-moss, Long-beakedThyme-moss, TetraphisMoss, UlottaSp

Fly Sp











Snow Flea ♂︎ (Boreus hyemalis)





Cladinia ochrochlora?

Tags: SnowFlea, Cladoniaochrochlora, FlySp

Eastern Black Redstart Ist winter ♂︎ (Phoenicurus ochruros form murimus/phoenicuroides/rufiventris)

Tags: EasternBlackRedstart

Church Farm - West Beckham







Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis)





Buds of Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas)





Daphne bholua "Jacqueline Postill"





Daphne bholua "Spring Herald"



Bark of Chinese Honeysuckle (Dipelta floribunda)









Galanthus Angelus Early





Galanthus Atkinsii



Galanthus Beington Lordship







Galanthus Byfield Special







Galanthus Dionysius



Galanthus Fly Fishing









Galanthus Franz Joseph





Galanthus Grumpy



Galanthus Magbet







Galanthus Natalie Gunton (not sure name is correct)





Galanthus Ray Cobb







Galanthus Trymlet







Galanthus Lady Lady Beatrix Stanley











Witch-hazel (Hamamelis pallida)



Ivy 'Erecta' (Hedera helix)







Malus Sp



Paper Bark Maple (Acer griseum)





Rhododendron Christmas Cheer





Wintersweet (Chimanthus praecox)





Wire Netting Bush (Corokia Sp)

Tags: GalanthusVarieties, WinterAconite, Witch-hazel, MalusSp, Wintersweet, ChineseHoneysuckle, RhododendronSp, WireNettingBush, Ivy

Grey Seal (Halochoerus grypus) basking in the sunshine.













Cladonia portentosa









Cladonia fimbriata + Cladonia glauca & one other ?



Cladonia Sp?











Cladonia Sp?





Cladonia Sp?





Cladonia foliacea

In the lower image Cetraria aculeata is present in the lower left and right side of the image.







Cladonia gracilis

Still unsure as to whether there is Cladonia ramulosa in amongst this.







Cladonia portentosa



Cladonia ramulosa?



Cladonia glauca

3-4cm Podetia



Cladonia rangiformis?





Cladonia Sp?

Tags: CladoniaSP, GreySeal, Cladoniagracilis, Cladoniaglauca, Cladoniaportentosa, Cladoniaramulosa, Cladoniafoliacea, Cladoniafimbriata

Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

Tags: SnowBunting

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

Tags: Landscape

Earthstar Sp

Initial thoughts were Rosy Earthstar (Geastrum rufescens) but the spores were too small. Thus Sp ??





Meadow Coral (Clavulinopsis corniculata)







Resupinate Sp



Winter Heliotrope (Petasites fragrans)

Tags: EarthStarSp, MeadowCoral, ResupinateSp

Brachycerinus tigrinus

from
British Bugs







Hesperomyces harmoniae (Parasitic fungus) on a Harlequin Ladybid





Hydropisphaera peziza (small orange blobs on the surface, formerly Nectria peziza) on Dryad's Saddle