Jenny Seawright
@jennysea.bsky.social
Wildlife allotment, lichens, botany, moths, biodiversity. Websites www.irishwildflowers.ie, www.irishlichens.ie, www.irishmoths.net and www.dorsetnature.co.uk
Another bryophilous fungus query - this one either on Frullania sp. or on the mould over the 15 year old lichen specimen (from SW Ireland). Probably conidia as no asci seen, green, 5-septate, 29-39 x 5.5-7 µm.
Looking on bryophilous.co.uk Ilyonectria sp. looks probable? @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social
Looking on bryophilous.co.uk Ilyonectria sp. looks probable? @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Another bryophilous fungus query - this one either on Frullania sp. or on the mould over the 15 year old lichen specimen (from SW Ireland). Probably conidia as no asci seen, green, 5-septate, 29-39 x 5.5-7 µm.
Looking on bryophilous.co.uk Ilyonectria sp. looks probable? @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social
Looking on bryophilous.co.uk Ilyonectria sp. looks probable? @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social
1/2. Perithecia of a bryophilous fungus on possibly Diplophyllum in an old Bunodophorum melanocarpon specimen from SW Ireland (2009). Spores green-brown, muriform with 3-5 transverse septa, 20-25 x 7-10 µm, asci ?8-spored.
@ilichenmoss2.bsky.social
(2/2 with attempt at host images)
@ilichenmoss2.bsky.social
(2/2 with attempt at host images)
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
1/2. Perithecia of a bryophilous fungus on possibly Diplophyllum in an old Bunodophorum melanocarpon specimen from SW Ireland (2009). Spores green-brown, muriform with 3-5 transverse septa, 20-25 x 7-10 µm, asci ?8-spored.
@ilichenmoss2.bsky.social
(2/2 with attempt at host images)
@ilichenmoss2.bsky.social
(2/2 with attempt at host images)
Dorset UK - Didymellopsis collematum , perithecia lichenicolous on Collema tenax v. ceranoides. Asci to 100 x 15 µm, spores hyaline, 1-septate, 22-25(-27) x 5-7 µm.
Abundant on drive where I park my car - a bit of thallus about the size of my thumbnail had possibly 50 perithecia on it! #lichenGBI
Abundant on drive where I park my car - a bit of thallus about the size of my thumbnail had possibly 50 perithecia on it! #lichenGBI
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Dorset UK - Didymellopsis collematum , perithecia lichenicolous on Collema tenax v. ceranoides. Asci to 100 x 15 µm, spores hyaline, 1-septate, 22-25(-27) x 5-7 µm.
Abundant on drive where I park my car - a bit of thallus about the size of my thumbnail had possibly 50 perithecia on it! #lichenGBI
Abundant on drive where I park my car - a bit of thallus about the size of my thumbnail had possibly 50 perithecia on it! #lichenGBI
October 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
#lichenGBI
Unexpected on Larch twigs covered with Physcia tenella and Xanthoria parietina - a solitary Teloschistes chrysophthalmos! #lichen
Unexpected on Larch twigs covered with Physcia tenella and Xanthoria parietina - a solitary Teloschistes chrysophthalmos! #lichen
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#lichenGBI
Unexpected on Larch twigs covered with Physcia tenella and Xanthoria parietina - a solitary Teloschistes chrysophthalmos! #lichen
Unexpected on Larch twigs covered with Physcia tenella and Xanthoria parietina - a solitary Teloschistes chrysophthalmos! #lichen
Both morally and politically wrong - Gaza's future should include, and be determined by, Palestinians!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Kushner-Blair Gaza plan is a moral atrocity – and a policy catastrophe | Josh Paul
Jared Kushner and Tony Blair’s neocolonial venture would be an incompatible transplant that would be rejected by the body
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Both morally and politically wrong - Gaza's future should include, and be determined by, Palestinians!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#LichenGBI
Houseboat deck on lignum, thallus +/- sorediate, K+yellow, C+ orange, UV+ orange-brown. Pale brown apothecia, some pruinose, spores 8-13(-15) x 4.5-5 µm. Possibly very fertile Lecanora expallens but KUV(wet)+yellowish instead of bright green?
@aspenecology.com, @larkinlichen.bsky.social
Houseboat deck on lignum, thallus +/- sorediate, K+yellow, C+ orange, UV+ orange-brown. Pale brown apothecia, some pruinose, spores 8-13(-15) x 4.5-5 µm. Possibly very fertile Lecanora expallens but KUV(wet)+yellowish instead of bright green?
@aspenecology.com, @larkinlichen.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
#LichenGBI
Houseboat deck on lignum, thallus +/- sorediate, K+yellow, C+ orange, UV+ orange-brown. Pale brown apothecia, some pruinose, spores 8-13(-15) x 4.5-5 µm. Possibly very fertile Lecanora expallens but KUV(wet)+yellowish instead of bright green?
@aspenecology.com, @larkinlichen.bsky.social
Houseboat deck on lignum, thallus +/- sorediate, K+yellow, C+ orange, UV+ orange-brown. Pale brown apothecia, some pruinose, spores 8-13(-15) x 4.5-5 µm. Possibly very fertile Lecanora expallens but KUV(wet)+yellowish instead of bright green?
@aspenecology.com, @larkinlichen.bsky.social
Reposted by Jenny Seawright
Darkly funny: signs appearing across central London, protesting Starmer’s use of anti-terror laws against peaceful pro-Palestine protesters.
July 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Darkly funny: signs appearing across central London, protesting Starmer’s use of anti-terror laws against peaceful pro-Palestine protesters.
Call for the Battle of the Beanfield to be included in Orgreave policing inquiry - but as the Northumbria police conveniently destroyed the papers last April that related to Orgreave I doubt the Wiltshire police will be very forthcoming. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Dale Vince calls for Battle of the Beanfield to be included in Orgreave policing inquiry
Ecotricity founder was part of new-age convoy heading to Stonehenge in 1985 when more than 500 people were arrested
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Call for the Battle of the Beanfield to be included in Orgreave policing inquiry - but as the Northumbria police conveniently destroyed the papers last April that related to Orgreave I doubt the Wiltshire police will be very forthcoming. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Well worth reading: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This column does not express support for Palestine Action – here’s why | Owen Jones
In Britain’s increasingly authoritarian society, any sort of protest can find itself at odds with the law. You might even go to jail, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Well worth reading: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Struggling to identify photobiont in this C- #lichenGBI on twig, not nutrient-enriched. Apothecia and spores fit both Lecania naegelii (C-, photobiont chlorococcoid, cells 6–16 μm) or Micarea peliocarpa (C± red, photobiont micareoid, cells 4-8 μm wide) @aspenecology.com @larkinlichen.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Struggling to identify photobiont in this C- #lichenGBI on twig, not nutrient-enriched. Apothecia and spores fit both Lecania naegelii (C-, photobiont chlorococcoid, cells 6–16 μm) or Micarea peliocarpa (C± red, photobiont micareoid, cells 4-8 μm wide) @aspenecology.com @larkinlichen.bsky.social
#LichenGBI
A #lichenicolous fungus on 3 different Arthonia radiata thalli - but the spores (c.10-13 x 2.5-3 µm) appear too small for Stigmidium arthoniae (17-23 x 4-5 µm). Once again at a loss as I've checked the 2010 Draft Keys and Arthonia LFs in LGBI3 without success! @fayrnhawk.bsky.social
A #lichenicolous fungus on 3 different Arthonia radiata thalli - but the spores (c.10-13 x 2.5-3 µm) appear too small for Stigmidium arthoniae (17-23 x 4-5 µm). Once again at a loss as I've checked the 2010 Draft Keys and Arthonia LFs in LGBI3 without success! @fayrnhawk.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
#LichenGBI
A #lichenicolous fungus on 3 different Arthonia radiata thalli - but the spores (c.10-13 x 2.5-3 µm) appear too small for Stigmidium arthoniae (17-23 x 4-5 µm). Once again at a loss as I've checked the 2010 Draft Keys and Arthonia LFs in LGBI3 without success! @fayrnhawk.bsky.social
A #lichenicolous fungus on 3 different Arthonia radiata thalli - but the spores (c.10-13 x 2.5-3 µm) appear too small for Stigmidium arthoniae (17-23 x 4-5 µm). Once again at a loss as I've checked the 2010 Draft Keys and Arthonia LFs in LGBI3 without success! @fayrnhawk.bsky.social
#LichenGBI
Lecideine apothecia I thought were Catillaria nigroclavata until checked.
Spores (1-)3 septate 7-12 x 2-3 µm, a few paraphyses had swollen dark caps (ruled out Micarea). Keyed to Lecania and then L.naegelii - but spores too wide! Any thoughts @aspenecology.com @larkinlichen.bsky.social
Lecideine apothecia I thought were Catillaria nigroclavata until checked.
Spores (1-)3 septate 7-12 x 2-3 µm, a few paraphyses had swollen dark caps (ruled out Micarea). Keyed to Lecania and then L.naegelii - but spores too wide! Any thoughts @aspenecology.com @larkinlichen.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
#LichenGBI
Lecideine apothecia I thought were Catillaria nigroclavata until checked.
Spores (1-)3 septate 7-12 x 2-3 µm, a few paraphyses had swollen dark caps (ruled out Micarea). Keyed to Lecania and then L.naegelii - but spores too wide! Any thoughts @aspenecology.com @larkinlichen.bsky.social
Lecideine apothecia I thought were Catillaria nigroclavata until checked.
Spores (1-)3 septate 7-12 x 2-3 µm, a few paraphyses had swollen dark caps (ruled out Micarea). Keyed to Lecania and then L.naegelii - but spores too wide! Any thoughts @aspenecology.com @larkinlichen.bsky.social
#LichenGBI
1/2 Can't make sense of black perithecia with slightly pointed apices on Oak twig. Under microscope K+ bluish-green, spores (1-)3 septate, 15-22 x 4.5-5 µm, conidia c5(-7)x2 (but no obvious pycnidia).
Any thoughts @aspenecology.com @northernhills.bsky.social @larkinlichen.bsky.social
1/2 Can't make sense of black perithecia with slightly pointed apices on Oak twig. Under microscope K+ bluish-green, spores (1-)3 septate, 15-22 x 4.5-5 µm, conidia c5(-7)x2 (but no obvious pycnidia).
Any thoughts @aspenecology.com @northernhills.bsky.social @larkinlichen.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#LichenGBI
1/2 Can't make sense of black perithecia with slightly pointed apices on Oak twig. Under microscope K+ bluish-green, spores (1-)3 septate, 15-22 x 4.5-5 µm, conidia c5(-7)x2 (but no obvious pycnidia).
Any thoughts @aspenecology.com @northernhills.bsky.social @larkinlichen.bsky.social
1/2 Can't make sense of black perithecia with slightly pointed apices on Oak twig. Under microscope K+ bluish-green, spores (1-)3 septate, 15-22 x 4.5-5 µm, conidia c5(-7)x2 (but no obvious pycnidia).
Any thoughts @aspenecology.com @northernhills.bsky.social @larkinlichen.bsky.social
#lichen #lichenGBI
Just wondering if anyone knows the identity of the lichen in this photograph at the start of LGBI3, Volume 35 Ramalinaceae?
britishlichensociety.org.uk/sites/defaul...
Just wondering if anyone knows the identity of the lichen in this photograph at the start of LGBI3, Volume 35 Ramalinaceae?
britishlichensociety.org.uk/sites/defaul...
April 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#lichen #lichenGBI
Just wondering if anyone knows the identity of the lichen in this photograph at the start of LGBI3, Volume 35 Ramalinaceae?
britishlichensociety.org.uk/sites/defaul...
Just wondering if anyone knows the identity of the lichen in this photograph at the start of LGBI3, Volume 35 Ramalinaceae?
britishlichensociety.org.uk/sites/defaul...
#lichenGBI
Found corticolous Porina byssophila several times recently, but always with a K+ blue-grey or blue-green reaction in involucrellum.
This specimen had a paler thallus, no K+ bluish reaction but spores were 3-5(-6) septate, 20-24 x 4-5 µm - but still P. byssophila? @aspenecology.com
Found corticolous Porina byssophila several times recently, but always with a K+ blue-grey or blue-green reaction in involucrellum.
This specimen had a paler thallus, no K+ bluish reaction but spores were 3-5(-6) septate, 20-24 x 4-5 µm - but still P. byssophila? @aspenecology.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#lichenGBI
Found corticolous Porina byssophila several times recently, but always with a K+ blue-grey or blue-green reaction in involucrellum.
This specimen had a paler thallus, no K+ bluish reaction but spores were 3-5(-6) septate, 20-24 x 4-5 µm - but still P. byssophila? @aspenecology.com
Found corticolous Porina byssophila several times recently, but always with a K+ blue-grey or blue-green reaction in involucrellum.
This specimen had a paler thallus, no K+ bluish reaction but spores were 3-5(-6) septate, 20-24 x 4-5 µm - but still P. byssophila? @aspenecology.com
:) Well there's karma!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Which Trump-supporting billionaires have lost the most in tariff markets turmoil?
Wealth of world’s richest tycoons shrinks as US president’s trade war spooks investors
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
:) Well there's karma!
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How unbelievably stupid are they?
There was apparently a UK-based business offering the same amount but despite the wreckage Trump & co are causing they opted for a US company!!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
There was apparently a UK-based business offering the same amount but despite the wreckage Trump & co are causing they opted for a US company!!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water names US private equity group KKR as preferred bidder
KKR expected to acquire stake worth £4bn as UK’s biggest water supplier tries to stave off nationalisation
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
How unbelievably stupid are they?
There was apparently a UK-based business offering the same amount but despite the wreckage Trump & co are causing they opted for a US company!!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
There was apparently a UK-based business offering the same amount but despite the wreckage Trump & co are causing they opted for a US company!!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#lichenGBI
Bacidina(?) on fencepost, solitary whitish / pinky-brown apothecia. Hymenium yellowish, K-, spores to 7-septate, 25-30(-37) x 1.5(-2) µm and possibly +/- coiled in asci.
Post covered with yellow-greenish soredia/alga so not clear what might be the thallus. Any thoughts @aspenecology.com?
Bacidina(?) on fencepost, solitary whitish / pinky-brown apothecia. Hymenium yellowish, K-, spores to 7-septate, 25-30(-37) x 1.5(-2) µm and possibly +/- coiled in asci.
Post covered with yellow-greenish soredia/alga so not clear what might be the thallus. Any thoughts @aspenecology.com?
March 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
#lichenGBI
Bacidina(?) on fencepost, solitary whitish / pinky-brown apothecia. Hymenium yellowish, K-, spores to 7-septate, 25-30(-37) x 1.5(-2) µm and possibly +/- coiled in asci.
Post covered with yellow-greenish soredia/alga so not clear what might be the thallus. Any thoughts @aspenecology.com?
Bacidina(?) on fencepost, solitary whitish / pinky-brown apothecia. Hymenium yellowish, K-, spores to 7-septate, 25-30(-37) x 1.5(-2) µm and possibly +/- coiled in asci.
Post covered with yellow-greenish soredia/alga so not clear what might be the thallus. Any thoughts @aspenecology.com?
On twig - apothecium with flat, concave apex, no photobiont.
Spores green > brown, (1-)3(-4) sept, few with vertical septum, 22-25 x 10-12 µm. Some septa pale.
Spore appendage c. half spore length, leaving truncate base.
Non-lichenised but with BLS number? @aspenecology.com @fayrnhawk.bsky.social
Spores green > brown, (1-)3(-4) sept, few with vertical septum, 22-25 x 10-12 µm. Some septa pale.
Spore appendage c. half spore length, leaving truncate base.
Non-lichenised but with BLS number? @aspenecology.com @fayrnhawk.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
On twig - apothecium with flat, concave apex, no photobiont.
Spores green > brown, (1-)3(-4) sept, few with vertical septum, 22-25 x 10-12 µm. Some septa pale.
Spore appendage c. half spore length, leaving truncate base.
Non-lichenised but with BLS number? @aspenecology.com @fayrnhawk.bsky.social
Spores green > brown, (1-)3(-4) sept, few with vertical septum, 22-25 x 10-12 µm. Some septa pale.
Spore appendage c. half spore length, leaving truncate base.
Non-lichenised but with BLS number? @aspenecology.com @fayrnhawk.bsky.social
#lichenGBI
Three different specimens on sunny, exposed fence post, all with curved spores +/- coiled in the asci. Spores to 7-septate, 17-22(-24) x 1.5-2.5 µm.
Keep coming back to Scoliciosporum umbrinum but not sure I haven't missed something obvious? @aspenecology.com @larkinlichen.bsky.social
Three different specimens on sunny, exposed fence post, all with curved spores +/- coiled in the asci. Spores to 7-septate, 17-22(-24) x 1.5-2.5 µm.
Keep coming back to Scoliciosporum umbrinum but not sure I haven't missed something obvious? @aspenecology.com @larkinlichen.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#lichenGBI
Three different specimens on sunny, exposed fence post, all with curved spores +/- coiled in the asci. Spores to 7-septate, 17-22(-24) x 1.5-2.5 µm.
Keep coming back to Scoliciosporum umbrinum but not sure I haven't missed something obvious? @aspenecology.com @larkinlichen.bsky.social
Three different specimens on sunny, exposed fence post, all with curved spores +/- coiled in the asci. Spores to 7-septate, 17-22(-24) x 1.5-2.5 µm.
Keep coming back to Scoliciosporum umbrinum but not sure I haven't missed something obvious? @aspenecology.com @larkinlichen.bsky.social
#LichenGBI
Well, it took a while but I think I finally got there!
Micarea doliiformis pycnidia on a old pine stump, the conidia hyaline, c.2.5-3 x 1-1.5 µm. Only come across it once before and that time it was fertile
Well, it took a while but I think I finally got there!
Micarea doliiformis pycnidia on a old pine stump, the conidia hyaline, c.2.5-3 x 1-1.5 µm. Only come across it once before and that time it was fertile
March 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
#LichenGBI
Well, it took a while but I think I finally got there!
Micarea doliiformis pycnidia on a old pine stump, the conidia hyaline, c.2.5-3 x 1-1.5 µm. Only come across it once before and that time it was fertile
Well, it took a while but I think I finally got there!
Micarea doliiformis pycnidia on a old pine stump, the conidia hyaline, c.2.5-3 x 1-1.5 µm. Only come across it once before and that time it was fertile
#lichenicolous
Physcia aipolia spec with various LFs, both with 3-armed conidia(?) also present, arms (15-)22-30(-37) x (2-)2.5-3 µm. Tried keying them in The Flora of Lichenicolous Fungi Vol 2 (Hyphomycetes) but got hopelessly lost!
@larkinlichen.bsky.social found similar/same in Lecanora section
Physcia aipolia spec with various LFs, both with 3-armed conidia(?) also present, arms (15-)22-30(-37) x (2-)2.5-3 µm. Tried keying them in The Flora of Lichenicolous Fungi Vol 2 (Hyphomycetes) but got hopelessly lost!
@larkinlichen.bsky.social found similar/same in Lecanora section
January 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#lichenicolous
Physcia aipolia spec with various LFs, both with 3-armed conidia(?) also present, arms (15-)22-30(-37) x (2-)2.5-3 µm. Tried keying them in The Flora of Lichenicolous Fungi Vol 2 (Hyphomycetes) but got hopelessly lost!
@larkinlichen.bsky.social found similar/same in Lecanora section
Physcia aipolia spec with various LFs, both with 3-armed conidia(?) also present, arms (15-)22-30(-37) x (2-)2.5-3 µm. Tried keying them in The Flora of Lichenicolous Fungi Vol 2 (Hyphomycetes) but got hopelessly lost!
@larkinlichen.bsky.social found similar/same in Lecanora section
#lichen #lichenicolous
Lecanora chlarotera s.l. on Betula with +/- totally blackened apothecia. No host asci or spores but 3(-4) armed conidia(?), each arm c7 x 2.5 µm, some septate.
There was a thread on UK Fungi website but can't find and @larkinlichen.bsky.social might have come across similar?
Lecanora chlarotera s.l. on Betula with +/- totally blackened apothecia. No host asci or spores but 3(-4) armed conidia(?), each arm c7 x 2.5 µm, some septate.
There was a thread on UK Fungi website but can't find and @larkinlichen.bsky.social might have come across similar?
January 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
#lichen #lichenicolous
Lecanora chlarotera s.l. on Betula with +/- totally blackened apothecia. No host asci or spores but 3(-4) armed conidia(?), each arm c7 x 2.5 µm, some septate.
There was a thread on UK Fungi website but can't find and @larkinlichen.bsky.social might have come across similar?
Lecanora chlarotera s.l. on Betula with +/- totally blackened apothecia. No host asci or spores but 3(-4) armed conidia(?), each arm c7 x 2.5 µm, some septate.
There was a thread on UK Fungi website but can't find and @larkinlichen.bsky.social might have come across similar?
#lichenicolous
2015, lichenicolous on Porpidia tuberculosa. Small clusters of tiny black apothecia with roughened exposed discs and raised margins. Most spores 3 septate, 15-24 x 7-9 µm, epithecium darker green in K, paraphyses branched.
Phacographa glaucomaria is close but host wrong. Suggestions?
2015, lichenicolous on Porpidia tuberculosa. Small clusters of tiny black apothecia with roughened exposed discs and raised margins. Most spores 3 septate, 15-24 x 7-9 µm, epithecium darker green in K, paraphyses branched.
Phacographa glaucomaria is close but host wrong. Suggestions?
January 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
#lichenicolous
2015, lichenicolous on Porpidia tuberculosa. Small clusters of tiny black apothecia with roughened exposed discs and raised margins. Most spores 3 septate, 15-24 x 7-9 µm, epithecium darker green in K, paraphyses branched.
Phacographa glaucomaria is close but host wrong. Suggestions?
2015, lichenicolous on Porpidia tuberculosa. Small clusters of tiny black apothecia with roughened exposed discs and raised margins. Most spores 3 septate, 15-24 x 7-9 µm, epithecium darker green in K, paraphyses branched.
Phacographa glaucomaria is close but host wrong. Suggestions?