This is the second Welsh record following on from a few tufts on a Field Maple in a hedge at Dingestow, but given the rapid increase in this moss in England I'm sure it won't be the last Welsh record.
Thursday 9 June 2016
Orthotrichum pallens - a surprise from NE Wales
During my visit to Clwyd last week I collected an interesting-looking Orthotrichum from a Sycamore on the calcareous lead mine we were surveying. Its orange-tipped, hairless calyptrae looked good for O. pallens, although I have recently been fooled by forms of O. stramineum so I wasn't too hopeful. To my relief, a microscope check revealed nicely exposed cryptopore stomata, and removing a ripe capsule's lid released a peristome with 16 endostome teeth (8 in virtually all confusion species). Hooray!
This is the second Welsh record following on from a few tufts on a Field Maple in a hedge at Dingestow, but given the rapid increase in this moss in England I'm sure it won't be the last Welsh record.
This is the second Welsh record following on from a few tufts on a Field Maple in a hedge at Dingestow, but given the rapid increase in this moss in England I'm sure it won't be the last Welsh record.
Excellent find. A very nice one to look out for.
ReplyDeleteFabulous record Sam
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