Portland Bryophytes Lichens and Plants


Gymnostomum viridulum
Gymnostomum viridulum (A tiny plant with leaves about 0.25mm long and very broad with a rounded tip)

Plasteurhynchium meridionale
Plasteurhynchium meridionale (A pleurocarp with rather spiky looking erect branches and broadly triangular leaves. The apical leaves can look more faded and plicate)

Microbryum starkeanum
Microbryum starkeanum (An ephemeral acrocarp best separated from other similar species when the capsules are maturing. The spore in the inset was taken in January)

Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus
Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus (Another spiky looking pleurocarp but note the leaf shape which is rounded at the base and tapering to a fine point in the apical half).

Diplotomma alboatrum
Diplotomma alboatrum

Clauzadea immersa
Presumed Clauzadea immersa

Porina chlorotica
Porina chlorotica

Clauzadea monticola
Clauzadea monticola

Bilimbia lobulata
Bilimbia lobulata

Portland Spurge Euphorbia portlandica
Portland Spurge Euphorbia portlandica

Balkan Spurge Euphorbia oblongata
Balkan Spurge Euphorbia oblongata