Dull with frequent showers.
I was taking the shot of Callitriche (left) when I spotted what looks to be a totally submerged Sphagnum (right). Perhaps Sphagnum auriculatum.
The new Moss & Liverwort book has arrived - all 518 pages of it, so I'll see what I can do in terms of identification.
When the forestry was felled around 7 years ago a few piles of logs were left behind. One pile in particular has been very productive in terms of fungi, with Postia (left), Crepidotus, Trametes, Lycogala, Dacrymyces and Gloeophylum species in evidence over the years. The logs are now so rotted that they crumble to dust when disturbed (right). Seven years from wood to dust: fungi are pretty efficient.
A couple of years ago I mused about the leaves of Cardamine pratensis. It appears they have two sets of leaves: a rosette form (shown here) that is more prevalent (or obvious?) in winter and a completely different set of stem leaves in spring and summer.
The main lichen specimen here appears to be Ramalina farinacea.
Lecidella elaeochroma is also present (green dots, lower right).
Continuing with my series of moss images: Philonotis fontana, which grows in running water.
Lastly, a water drop on Scots Pine.
