Harris Clements
Amateur natural historian and wildlife recorder. Interested in algae, fungi, vascular plants and invertebrates and wildlife in general. 🌿🍄🐚 Based in England. He/him
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- The only fungus I saw the other day during some pretty cold temperatures! 🥶. Identified as an Octospora, probably O. musci-muralis growing with its host the common cushion-forming moss Grimmia pulvinata. 🍄🟫 🌿
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- According to www.octospora.de/species_info... spores are "21-28 x 10-11 µm", larger than many other Octospora species. @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social suggested this species on iNat due to the 'cigar-shaped spores, paraphyses curved apically'. I did not measure this specimen unfortunately.
- A couple of #bryophytes from back in April 2025 in Epping forest. 🌱🌲 Abundant Sphagnum bogs with lush growth present as well as Mnium hornum (Swan's-neck Thyme-moss) and Lepidozia reptans (Creeping Fingerwort).
- Additionally in the bog: Bog Pondweed, Potamogeton polygonifolius (first two images) and within the water the very common desmid Euastrum binale gutwinskii, identified with the 4th photo 📚. I've found it in virtually every acidic body of water I've ever looked at under the microscope. 🔬
- Some of my recent photos of some rock-dwelling bryophytes from the grounds of Chelmsford Cathedral: Here is the common Anomalous Bristle-moss, Orthotrichum anomalum, fruiting happily on an old grave, enjoying the calcareous rock it is composed of (assuming limestone?). 🌿🌱
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View full threadAnd lastly I've a mix of species; the darker green moss in the left I suspect is the Dusky Beard Moss Didymodon luridus. As for the lighter moss I am not so sure. Also there is a pretty cool lichen on the top and bottom, some sort of cyanobacterium-containing species. Blennothallia? 🌿🌱🍄
- Enjoying the base-rich mortar on the cathedral walls is this clump which I believe to be Vinealobryum vineale, Soft-tufted Beard Moss.
- Just besides the Orthotrichum was this Syntrichia species, a type of Screw-moss which looked attractive with its large leaves and long hair points.
