24th October |
The final group from Ards Forest.
Heavy rain. |
![]() Lobaria pulmonaria - a foliose lichen - is highly intolerant of sulphur dioxide and is therefore a good indicator of very clean air. I haven't found it anywhere else. The cyanobacterium that makes the lichen green is a strong fixer of atmospheric nitrogen which replenishes the ground nitrogen when the lichen dies and falls. |
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Another lichen is this Cladonia. The 'spires' are about 3 cm tall, with minute red fruitbodies at the tip. |
![]() This Broad-leaved Helleborine was growing at the interface of the woodland and maritime grassland. I only ever find this species as single specimens, and usually at woodland fringes or clearings. Epipactis helleborine. |
A couple of late flowers. Ribwort Plantain (left) and Knapweed (right).
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![]() Another fungus: Taphrina tosquinetii makes these galls on Alder leaves. |
A couple of shots of Marasmius sp. growing on coniferous twigs. Parts of the forest are covered in these.
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And what appears to be Leptoglossum retirugum on moss. |
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Finally, an unidentified micro fungus on a fallen Oak leaf. |
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A muscid on a late Catsear. |
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