8th May |
High Heath.
Warm but windy. |
Inflorescence of Carex nigra - Common Sedge - showing the glaucus leaves. |
Mitrula paludosa, or Bog Beacon, is a tiny match-stick-sized fungus that grows on floating vegetation. I've only ever found it in this one location.
Spores at x 400. |
It looks like it's going to be a good year for the Spotted Orchids. I counted 14 in 1 metre of this narrow verge. |
Square-stalked St. John's Wort - Hypericum tetrapterum - has pushed up a few shoots. It will be late June before we get the flowers. |
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