Also a new colony of Entosthodon pulchellus at the head of the gulley at Foxhole.
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Paviland Lejeunea query
I'm assuming this is just poorly grown lamacerina, but there appears to be a hint of mandonii about it. My first attempt at sectioning the stem failed, but I'll give it another go. It was found growing in tightly grazed turf, semi-shaded (n-facing) in the lee of a rocky Limestone outcrop on the cliffs at Paviland yesterday. The widest shoots are 0.8mm wide, which is probably just a bit too much for mandonii, but the leaf shape seems good on some shoots, so thought it was worth posting for an opinion.
Good luck with the Lejeunea. I had small forms of L lamacerina that seemed very close to L mandonii once or twice in Pembs but their perianths indicated lamacerina. The Lady Park Wood colony looked totally distinctive when I first spotted it.
ReplyDeleteVery exciting that you're finding these new populations of Entosthodon pulchellus. Please email me details at my work address so I can add them to the Section 42 Register.