Little Shaggy Moss

Fencepost of the Week #257
 

 Little shaggy moss - Rhytidiadelphus loreus - adding an impressive amount of volume to the top of this post.

 

Tongue and Groove

Fencepost of the Week #256
 

Stereocaulon Post

 Fencepost of the Week #255

 A soggy wooden post with a rather unusual topping: Stereocaulon dactylophyllum, I think.

 

 

Hanging Around

 Fencepost of the Week #254

 

 

Gigha Woodland Lichens

Lichen list from a visit to Southern Gigha on 8th December 2025

in roughly chronological order

-Leim Farm:
Physconia distorta - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329966449
Physcia tenella
Physcia adscendens - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330941598
Physcia leptalea? - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329966986
Ramalina farinacea
Ramalina fraxinea
Ramalina calicaris
Xanthoria parietina

-Into the mature trees:
Parmotrema perlatum
Anisomeridium sp? - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330943560
Peltigera hymenina
Normandina pulchella - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330941515
Coenogonium luteum - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330941517
Punctelia reddenda - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329969734
Flavoparmelia caperata
Melanelixia glabratula
Opegrapha vulgata - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/330941036
Enterographa sp. (probably E. crassa) - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329970533
Pyrenula macrospora - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329970742
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-Achamore, by the car park
Lobaria pulmonaria
Sticta limbata - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329973340
Parmotrema crinitum - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329973435
Usnea with bright red stems - suggestive of U. rubicunda, but it was probably decomposing Usnea cornuta s. lat. - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329974367
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After lunch: 
- on stone wall
Peltigera praetextata
Peltigera membranacia
Lichenomphalia ericetorum - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329981229
- in boggy, newly planted woods
Sticta limbata
Sticta fuliginosa s. lat. (probably S. ciliata) - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329981661
Parmotrema perlatum
Parmotrema crinitum
Hypotrachyna laevigata
Lobaria pulmonaria
Lobarina scrobiculata
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-Shoreline, waiting for ferry
Scytinium gelatinosum 
Polychidium muscicola

Mouldering in a Gloomy Spot

 Fencepost of the Week #253

 

 

 

 

Roll-up

 Fencepost of the Week #252

 This entire fence has been pulled out of the ground and rolled up. It's still providing fertile surfaces for some nice lichens and mosses, though.