Houghen Plantation
In the Fen Area
Fen Stump
Bog Groove-moss (Aulucomnium palustre) with felt on the stem in amongst Blunt-leaved Bog-moss (Sphagnum palustre)
Male Plants
Female Plants
Juniper Haircap (Polytrichum juniperinum)
Heath Star-moss )Campylopus introflexus)
Cape Thread Moss (Orthodontium lineare)
New growth on Overleaf Pellia (Pellia epiphylla)
Flat-topped Bog-moss (Sphagnum fallax)
In this case green but can also be a mustard colour.
You can see many of the fascicle branches spreading out curving away from the stem but it also just possible to see the slender pendent branches lying close next to the stem.
Blunt-leaved Bog-moss (Sphagnum palustre)
Cley
Brent (Branta bernicla)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Red Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
Reed Bunting (Embiriza schoeniclus)
Shellduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
Holt Lowes
Byssonectria terrestris perhaps?
Blunt-leaved Bog-moss (Sphagnum palustre)
Red Bog-moss (Sphagnum capillifolium) surrounded by Blunt-leaved Bog-moss (Sphagnum palustre)
Yellow Starry Feather-moss (Campyllum stellatum)
Flat-topped Bog-moss (Sphagnum fallax)
Cley
from
Salthouse Hill
Looking towards Salthouse from the Beach Road
Looking towards Blakeney from the Beach Rd
Brent & Golden Plover over the Eye Field
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Brent (Branta bernicla) plus one.
Red Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
Pink Footed Geese (Anser brachyrhynchus) in the evening light.
Cockthorpe Common
Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)
Upright Pottia (Microbryum rectum)
Cuspidate Earth-moss (Phascum cuspidate) & Lesser Bird's Claw Beard-moss (Barbula convolute)
Chalk Screw-moss (Tortula vahliana)
Yellow Feather-moss (Homolothecium lutescens)
BarCodingWorkshop
A few photos from the DNA Bar Coding Workshop attended by members of the Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists Society
(Norfolk Fungus Study Group & The Norfolk & Suffolk Bryophyte Group members in particular)
held at the
Earlham Institute
Barcoding the Broads
To our esteemed presenter
A big
Thank you
Revisitng old skills or acquiring the new skill of using a pipette.
( The last time I used one of these you sucked up the required amount if memory serves)
The mini PCR Machine
One of the more delicate skills. Penetrating the surface layer and filling the well with the sample without spilling it!
A vast variety of techniques for holding the pipette steady.
There was only one left hander.
The individual wells being filled.
If anyone could send me a phone pick of the results it would be much appreciated.
Thanks to Anne for the image above.
The Final Analysis.
If it worked you should see the luminescent yellow mark. Thus in our case 6 out of 9 samples could be sent away fo sequencing.
My apologies for some movement in some of the photos. Taking pictures indoors is not something I do very often.
If I were photographing something like this again I would photographs bits of each stage to match DNA Barcoding Protocol
Cley
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Red Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
East Ruston Common
An as yet to be determined Crust Fungus.
from Anne
The other thing I looked at was the resupinate on the gorse stem that was white and fluffy on the outside, cream in the middle and red in its older stage.
So far it is inconclusive, but it is upside down hoping to drop some spores to give me a clue. So far all I can say is the hyphae don’t have clamps!!
A little later in discussion with Anne.
I put this in water and it became clear this was Netted Crust (Byssomerulius corium) which had probably been infected by another fungus that caused the red colour.
Over to Tony
From Yvonne
An unknown
In discussion with Anne a few days later her conclusion was that this was the sexual form of Coral Spot (Nectrina cinnabarina)
Blueing Bracket (Postia subcaesia)
Just for comparison. This particular specimen Stewart brought form Hoveton
This one is similar but lacks the central dark line of the one below from Upgate Common. It just has dark spots.
Diaporthopsis pantherina
Both on Bracken.
Camarographium stephenson
This particular Bramble stem had a number of interesting things growing on it.
from Stewart
The 2 main ones on the bramble are Hypoderma rubi (long ones with slit) and Paradidymella clarkii (black discs)
Cladonia Sp
A very desiccated tooth crust fungus.
from Anne
The brackets that we found both in resupinate form and then on a branch at lunchtime (which I was sure I recognised!) were Skeletocutis nivea.
I should have realised this as the pores were so tiny, but I am relieved I got spores and basidia to confirm.
Hazel Bracket (Skelocutis nivea)
Lichen Sp + Fungus Sp on the Lichen
The black smut (Xanthoriicola physicae) on the Lichen (Xanthoria parientina)
The Pink blob when you find it is Illosporiopsis christiansensii
A bit fuzzy because of high winds.
Lots of examples of mammal nibbling activity. Eating the green sheaths and leaving the pith.
The angled cuts suggest Water Vole.
Nettle Pox
Not the best of pictures but you can clearly see the red edge to the gills.
From Yvonne
The red edged Psathyrella was P. microrrhiza - spore size and cheilocystidia shape.
Rootlet Brittlestem (Psathyerella microrrhiza)
An as yet to be determined Tooth Crust Fungus.
from Anne
The white resupinate with teeth / spines looked so much like several things macroscopically, but microscopically it had lovely cystidia (skeletocystidia)
that could only mean it was a white form of Steccherinum ochraceum. Hmm. Shame it wasn’t something more interesting.
Steccherinum ochraceum
Birch Woodwart (Hypoxylon multiforme) on Birch bark.
A mollisia species growing on the dead stems of Thistle - Mollisia clavata
Ellis & Ellis note it as growing on Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense) but the ascomycete book mentions Nettle & Cirsum sp
A little something extra from Steve & Gill
Orange Cup (Melastiza cornubiensis)
Blakeney Freshes
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Rook (Corvus frigilegus)
Cley
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Shellduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Upgate Common
Minute Pouncewort (Cololojeunia minutissima)
Redshank (Ceratadon purpureus)
Common Liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha)
Pointed Spear-moss (Caliergonella cuspidita)
Bog Groove-moss (Aulucomium palustre) in amongst Blunt-leaved Bog Moss (Sphagnum palustre)
X100
Stem Leaf
Flat topped Bog - moss (Sphagnum fallax)
Branch Leaf
Blunt-leaved Bog Moss (Sphagnum palustre)
Stem Leaf
Red Bog-moss (Sphagnum capillifolium)
Marsh Bryum (Bryum pseudotriquetrum)
Blakeney Freshes
Under glorious skies the Pinkfeet flew in about 11.30am
A pair of Red Kites (Milvus milvus) quartering the reed bed.
Pink Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Blakeney Freshes
Brent (Branta bernicla)
Pink Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Red Breasted Goose & Two Tundra Bean Geese also present.
Bizzard (Buteo buteo)
Spout Hills
Snowdrop (Galanthis nivalis)
Creeping feather-moss (Amblystegium serpens)
Crimson-tuber Thread-moss (Bryum rubens)
Rough Stalked Feather-moss (Brachythecium rutabulum)
Note the bright lime green new growth tips.
Common Pincushion (Dicranoweissia cirrata)
Note the yellow seta
Soft-tufted Beard-moss (Didymodon vinealis)
Although curled leaves; the leaves only twist slightly and become adpressed to the stem when dry. 
Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)
Netted Crust (Byssomerulius corium)
Shoot tip
Swartz's Feather-moss (Oxyrrhynchium hians)
Unusually large mats growing on a wall.
On an area of freshly cleared ground the pioneer species Taper-leaved Earth-moss (pleuridium acuminatum)
White-tipped Bristle-moss (Orthotrichum diaphanum)
x 1000
Yoke-moss Sp (Zygodon Sp)
The longitudinal walls of the gemmae mean this is
Green Yoke-moss (Zygodon viridissimus)
Long-beaked Water Feather-moss (Platyhypnidium riparioides)
Fern-leaved Hook-moss (Cratneuron filicinum)
Bluish Veilwort (Metzgeria fruticulosa)
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss (Mnium hornum)
Dwarf Feather-moss (Rhynchostegiella pumila)
Hart's Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)
