Another short visit into this cascade-free and almost cliff-free valley revealed no real surprises, with just a few tetrad additions. Species noted of general interest included Colura calyptrifolia (photo below), Fontinalis squamosa, Heterocladium heteropterum var. flaccidum, Schistidium rivulare, Solenostoma paroicum, and Trichostomum tenuirostre (photo below).
Pity it is a young plant, but nice to find a Sticta of any species in Glam - might be useful to keep an eye on it to see what it grows into (if no one confident enough to name from the pic). Did you see the note in recent BLS bulletin splitting fuliginosa into four separate entities?
ReplyDeleteI noted two small thalli and I do feel guilty for having collected one them, though I'm sure there must be more as I barely glanced at the trees during my walk. As Alan (Orange) has kindly offered to sequence my voucher, it will hopefully mean we should know what species occurs at the reserve.
ReplyDeleteGood work Barry.
ReplyDeleteI get the impression Radula might have increased in abundance even in the few years I've been looking at bryos. It was very common on the trees at Wern Ddu during the intro to bryos walk a few weeks ago, inlcuding a few trees with a similar level of abundance to the one in your photo.