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Post by NellyDee on Jun 20, 2016 13:47:35 GMT
Not sure there is a lichen thread, but will ask anyway. Seems to grow on moor land and in boggy areas, love the way it glows orange when fruiting. The flowers were growing by seashore Arran.
 DSCF3648 by Helen Skelton, on Flickr
 DSCF3659 by Helen Skelton, on Flickr
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Post by silversea on Jun 22, 2016 4:46:47 GMT
The flower is a Potentilla species, such as P. anglica. Lichens are fungi, and we have the fungi subforum for them. I can't tell you more without a larger photo.
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Post by NellyDee on Jun 22, 2016 15:07:48 GMT
Thanks silversea P. anglica it is - right soil etc. However I said 1st photo was a lichen which it is not - silly me! It is a moss. But still don't know which moss. Here is closer photo, came out a bit pale as fruiting head can be very orange.
 Moss by Helen Skelton, on Flickr
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Post by peachysteve on Jun 23, 2016 5:30:05 GMT
I think the form of the flowering plant puts it closer to P. erecta (Tormentil) than P. anglica (Trailing Tormentil)
The latter is more of a creeping plant with leaves on stems.
But without a closer look at the leaves it's hard to be sure.
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Post by NellyDee on Jun 23, 2016 16:15:11 GMT
Thanks peachysteve, unfortunately did not take a closer photo as I was actually taking photos of sea birds and this plant was on the bank I was sitting on.
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Post by silversea on Jun 23, 2016 22:14:45 GMT
Tormentil looks right to me. I have seen Potentilla anglica once and it was so crawling and close to the ground that I had to basically dig up grass to see any trace of leaves. Only the flowers were showing.
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