We found some patches of
Pohlia lutescens on peaty soil in a ditch in marshy grassland in the Upper Dulais Valley, near Seven Sisters yesterday (SN80D). There are few records of it in VC41, but it may be overlooked. The photo below shows it growing with
Pseudephemerum nitidum (moss with capsules in the bottom right corner), which gives a good indication of how small it is. It has very distinctive, knobbly, rhizoidal gemmae (bottom photo).
Pohlia lutescens and Pseudephemerum nitidum, Seven Sisters
Pohlia lutescens
Rhizoidal gemmae of Pohlia lutescens
Other things of interest in the vicinty included Scorpidium cossinii and Plagiomnium elatum in a very nice base-flushed meadow near Seven Sisters Rugby Club.
The 4th county site and a new hectad - your record demotes the species from being Locally Rare to Locally Scarce!
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