Jamie Warren

Jamie Warren

@mossmalarkey.bsky.social

Lively, Loony ,happy bin man for SDC and Ubico in Stroud Gloucestershire,interested in Botany,Bryology,Mycology and general nature lover ๐ŸŒฟ๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ๐Ÿฟ๐ŸฆŒ

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Lamprospora caillettii,parasitic on the moss Tortella tortuosa growing on small Limestone fragments whilst searching for Blindiadelphus Campylopodus last weekend at Blackcliff wood in the wye valley, a furst ever uk record for this bryoparacytic fungi and my 7th uk first for a bryoparacytic pezizal

Hieracium pulchrius (Beutiful Hawkweed) a scarce and vulnerable species nationaly, recently recorded from three sites in the Brecon beacons and one in Herefordshire ,classing it as Vulnerable , only this one plant found on Craig Cwm Ddu on 2.8.26.

Hieracium stenopholidium (Western Hawkweed) a lovely Strongly glaucousleaved hieracium with a scattering of sites across the country , nice to see it in a few locations across the crags on Craig Cwm Ddu 2.8.26.

Hieracium prenanthoides (Rough-leaved Hawkweed) at Craig Cwm Ddu one of its two welsh localitys ,the other being Tarron Yr Esgob that i vosited a few weeks back , lovely tall leafy hieracia .

The Ausome Craig Cerrig Glesiad in the Breacon beacons 2.8.26 , a place i hav3 searched for its bryological and botanical raretys a few times , it wss hard to walk past it with the lure of its grandure ,still Craig Cwm Ddu was my site of the day ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

A 12 hour day hiking up past Craig Cerrig Glesiad and over yonder to Craig Cwm Ddu to search its flanks for its rare Hiracium sp 2.8.26 ,i have searched ot once before some years back in the coldwr months for bryophyts ,still good to enjoy its steep terrain and rugged old red sandstone Crags ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

A great day accending the Nant y Gwyddyl gorge 1.8.26,hard going habitat ,limboing under and climbing over meny a fallen tree as i went upstream ,no chance of going off the stream as the thickest bramble i have seen , even had to climb a waterfall ,still all good fun ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

I have visited Century bank on the river Tees in the Pennines a few times and have also visited this bank on the Afon Wysg three times , i have named in Blasia bank as it is absolutly covered in it from end to end , Blaisia pusilla (Common Kettlewort) at its best 19.7.26 ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ @bbsbryology.bsky.social

The lovely Nant-y-Llyn a beuty of an upland river ,with its terriced small falls ,definetly worth a return to see them with there waterlevels alot higher ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

Hieracium reticulatiforme (Reticulate-leaved Hawkweed) a native british endemic scattered over scottland and pushing south into yorkshire ,here it is at its most southerley and only welsh locality ,on the top of a small watetfall on the Nant-y-Llyn 18.7.26 ,a beuty of a section foliosa species ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

Hieracium tavense (Black mountain Hawkweed) a rare welsh endemic ,restricted to the Nant-y-Llyn a small upland river in the upper Tawe valley , found by Augustine Ley in 1899,it is only known from an unstable cliff on the North side of small waterfall and that is its wourld population 18.7.26๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

Hieracium prenanthoides (Rouh-leaved Hawkweed) only two sites for Wales for this species, Craig Cwm Ddu that i will visit next weekend and here pictured on Tarron yr Esgob,i found it on Tarron in its known locality,just a handfull of plants, but also discovered a new unknown locality of 30+ plants ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

Orthothecium intricatum (Fine-leaved Leskea) in big amounts under Overhangs on the red sandstone Crags on Tarron yr Esgob last weekend ,splended matts of it ,i usualy only see it in Crevices is smaller amounts ,nice ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ @bbsbryology.bsky.social

Some of the old red sandstone Crags on Tarron yr Esgob in the Black mountains in wales last weekend , fantastic habitat ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

The huge fallen tufa block below the impresive petrifying tufa spring in the middle of the expanse of the Tarrin Yr Esgob escarpment in the Black Mountains last weekend , spleded habitat๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ