MOSSES, LICHENS AND LIVERWORTS – Mike Read

Please note, these are just a tiny selection of the Mosses, Lichens and Liverwort images I have in stock and in most cases I have further photos of each species that are shown. If you would like to view a selection of any individual species including many which are not shown here, you can request images via my web site Contact Me page.

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Pectenia cyanoloma growing on hazel in Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, on the slopes of Beinn Churalain beside Loch Creran, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, (A Great Britain RED LIST species) April 2024

01HD0141 Pectenia cyanoloma lichen

Pectenia cyanoloma growing on hazel in Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, on the slopes of Beinn Churalain beside Loch Creran, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, (A Great Britain RED LIST species) April 2024

01HD0139 Pectenia cyanoloma lichen

Golden specklebelly lichen Pseudocyphellaria crocata on hazel, Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, on the slopes of Beinn Churalain beside Loch Creran, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, (A European RED LIST species) April 2024

01HD0137 Golden specklebelly lichen

Golden specklebelly lichen Pseudocyphellaria crocata on hazel, Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, on the slopes of Beinn Churalain beside Loch Creran, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, (A European RED LIST species) April 2024

01HD0135 Golden specklebelly lichen

Usnea subfloridana on Downy birch Betula pubescens, Ariundle Oakwood National Nature Reserve, Strontian Glen, Sunart, Highland Region, Scotland, UK, March 2024

01HD0133 Usnea subfloridana lichen

Dog lichen Peltigera canina growing amongst moss on a dry stone wall, Glen Nant National Nature Reserve, Atlantic Rainforest, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, April 2024

01HD0129 Dog lichen

Tree lungwort Lobaria pulmonaria showing apothecium on oak, Ariundle National Nature Reserve, Scotland

01HD0125 Tree lungwort lichen

Oak moss lichen Evernia prunastri on birch, Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, on the slopes of Beinn Churalain, beside Loch Creran, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, April 2024

01HD0121 Oak moss lichen

Oak moss lichen Evernia prunastri on Downy birch Betual pubescens Ariundle Oak Woodland National Nature Reserve, Strontian Glen, Sunart, Highland Region, Scotland, UK, March 2024

01HD0117 Oak moss lichen

Common greenshield lichen Flavoparmelia caperata growing on oak bark, atlantic oak woodland beside Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, March 2024

01HD0113 Common greenshield lichen

Common greenshield lichen Flavoparmelia caperata growing on oak bark, atlantic oak woodland beside Loch na Keal, Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, March 2024

01HD0111 Common greenshield lichen

Little shaggy-moss Rhytidiaadelphus loreus growing on a tree stump, Ariundle Oakwood National Nature Reserve, Strontian Glen, Sunart, Highland Region, Scotland, UK, April 2024

01HD0106 Little shaggy-moss

Juniper haircap Polytrichum juniperinum showing sporophyte, growing on a dry stone wall, Mile Dorcha, near Loch Arkaig, Lochaber, Highland Region, Scotland, UK, June 2023

01HD0103 Juniper haircap moss

Red bog-moss Sphagnum capillifolium subsp rubellum near Eyeworth Pond, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2023

01HD0100 Red bog-moss

Feathery bog-moss Sphagnum cuspidatum near Eyeworth Pond, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2023

01HD0099 Feathery bog-moss

Beard lichen Usnea subfloridana growing on oak, Howen Bushes, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2023

01HD0096 Beard lichen

Common pincushion Dicranoweisia cirrata on decaying tree trunk, Howen Bushes, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2023

01HD0092 Common pincushion moss

Varied rag lichen Platismatia glauca Howen Bushes, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2023

01HD0088 Varied rag lichen

Rough-stalked feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum near Eyeworth Pond, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2023

01HD0086 Rough-stalked feather-moss

Bank haircap moss Polytrichum formosum near Eyeworth Pond, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2023

01HD0082 Bank haircap moss

White crustose lichen Pertusaria amara on oak, Howen Bushes, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2023

01HD0079 White crustose lichen

Common greenshield lichen Flavoparmelia caperata growing on oak, Howen Bushes, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2023

01HD0077 Common greenshield lichen

Warty beard lichen Usnea ceratina growing on oak Howen Bushes, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2023

01HD0075 Warty beard lichen

Mealy ramalina lichen Ramalina farinacea on Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, Millyford, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2022

01HD0071 Mealy ramalina lichen

Common green-shield lichen Flavoparmelia caperata growing on Beech Fagus sylvatica, Millyford, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2022

01HD0067 Common green-shield lichen

Usnea subfloridana lichen growing on oak, Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK, October 2020

01HD0063 Beard lichen

Liverwort Conocephalum conicum growing on a boulder in Becky Falls, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK, October 2020

01HD0061 Liverwort Conocephalum conicum

Mouse-tail moss Isothecium myosuroides growing at the base of Beech Fagus sylvatica in deciduous woodland by Eyeworth Pond, Fritham, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2018

01HD0054 Mouse-tail moss

Broom fork-moss Dicranum scoparium in deciduous woodland by Eyeworth Pond, Fritham, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2018

01HD0051 Broom fork-moss

Bank haircap moss Polytrichum formosum on rotting Pedunculate oak Quercus robur, in deciduous woodland by Eyeworth Pond, Fritham, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2018

01HD0048 Bank haircap moss

Bank haircap moss Polytrichum formosum on woodland floor, deciduous woodland by Eyeworth Pond, Fritham, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2018

01HD0046 Bank haircap moss

Glittering wood-moss Hylocomium splendens on wet heathland, Howen Bottom, near Fritham, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2018

01HD0044 Glittering wood-moss

Red-stemmed feather-moss Pleurozium shreberi on wet heathland, Howen Bottom, near Fritham, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2018

01HD0041 Red-stemmed feather-moss

Rough-stalked feather-moss Brachytheciium rutabulum and young Turkeytail Trametes versicolour on a rotting tree stump, near Eyeworth Pond, Fritham, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2018

01HD0038 Rough-stalked feather-moss

Broom fork-moss Dicranum scoparium and Common powderhorn Cladonia coniocraea on fallen oak, near Eyeworth Pond, Fritham, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, March 2018

01HD0031 Broom fork-moss and Common powderhorn lichen

Dog tooth lichen Peltigera canina, growing on heather moorland, Cairngorms National Park, Highland Region, Scotland, UK, October 2017

01HD0015 Dog tooth lichen

Waved silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum

01HD0009 Waved silk-moss

Bank haircap moss Polytrichum formosum

01HD0008 Bank haircap moss

Bank haircap moss Polytrichum formosum

01HD0005 Bank haircap moss

Lichen Peltigera hymenina

01HD0001 Lichen Peltigera hymenina