Physcia adscendens with apothicia

 Bottom left the similar Physcia tenella can be seen.

Flavoparmelia caperata on sycamores at Holme

 

Off Patch - Two Earthstars and a Lichen at Gun Hill

Tiny earthstar, Geastrum minimum, Gun Hill, 19th September 2017

 Dwarf Earthstar, Geastrum schmidelii, Gun Hill, 19th September 2017

Usnea articulata, Gun Hill, 19th September 2017

Four lichens, a moss, a cluster of heralds and a crescent moon

Physcia adscendens, Hunstanton Lighthouse walls, 2nd January 2017

Cladonia portentosa, Holme Dunes, 2nd January 2017

Cladonia foliaceae, Holme Dunes, 2nd January 2017

Phaeophyscia orbicularis, Holme Dunes, 2nd January 2017

Tortula muralis, Hunstanton cliffs (lower face), 2nd January 2017

Heralds (hibernating), Holme Dunes, 2nd January 2017

Crescent Moon, Hunstanton, 2nd January 2017

Lichens from the Downs, Dunes and Holmhurst Track

Micarea denigrata, Ringstead Downs, 19th November 2016

Ramalina farinacea, Holmhurst Track, 19th November 2016

Peltigera canina, Holme Dunes, 19th November 2016

Cladonia chlorophacaeae, Holme NWT, 19th November 2016

Amandinea punctata, Ringstead Downs (on Field Maple), 19th November 2016

Parmotrema perlatum, Holmhurst Track, 19th November 2016

Phlyctis argena, Ringstead Downs, 19th November 2016

Eight more churchyard lichens

Lecanora sulphurea, Old Hunstanton Church, 19th November 2016

Lecanora albescens, Old Hunstanton Church, 19th November 2016

Verrucaria hochstetteri, Old Hunstanton church, 19th November 2016

Cladonia pocillum, Old Hunstanton church, 19th November 2016

Tephromela atra, Old Hunstanton church, 19th November 2016

Parmelia sulcata, Old Hunstanton church, 19th November 2016

Caloplaca teicholyta, Old Hunstanton church, 19th November 2016

Collema tenax, Old Hunstanton church, 19th November 2016

Eight Churchyard Lichens

Sulphur lichen Psilolechia lucida, Holme Churchyard, 13th November 2014

Melanelixa fuliginosa, Old Hunstanton Church, 14th November 2016

Physcia adscendens, Old Hunstanton Church, 14th November 2016

Diploicia canescens, Old Hunstanton Church grounds wall, 14th November 2016

Physconia grisea, Old Hunstanton Church outer wall, 14th November 2016

Buellia aethelea Hunstanton Church, on marble, 14th November 2016

Verrucaria nigrescens,  Holme Churchyard, 13th November 2016

Caloplaca flavescens, Holme Church Wall, 13th November 2016

Dune Flora

I spent about an hour today walking through the dunes at Holme looking for any of the small spring-emergents in flower. As these are all very small plants, especially in dunes, I had to look very carefully. However it wasn't too difficult to spot Common Whitlow-grass since there were so many of them in flower, in places forming a little white carpet. There were not so many Hairy Bitter-cress in the dunes but there was a good showing of them in the VC car park. This was also the first place I looked for the diminutive plants of Early Forget-me-not, finding a few plants just beginning to flower and later finding a few in the dunes. I also found a few plants of Little Mouse-ear in flower. Not so difficult to find were the few dandelions in flower!
I also found two lichens in the dunes - Dog Lichen and Trumpet Lichen.
Fortunately I had just returned to my car when the rain arrived!

 Early Forget-me-not  Myosotis ramsissima

Common Whitlow-grass  Erophila verna

Hairy Bitter-cress  Cardamine hirsute

Little Mouse-ear Cerastium semidecandrum

Dog Lichen  Pelrigera canina

Trumpet Lichen  Cladonia fimbriata