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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 14h

4th Irish record of Endoantria benetecta and 2nd for Co. Fermanagh (H33) - Sliabh Beatha region

Little fragments of temperate rainforest on border between east Fermanagh and south Tyrone along the Colebrook River

#bryophytes #fungifriends #ireland #temperaterainforest #woodland

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 1d

Moody blues over Loch Cairlinn today and a strong high tide. Made Rostrevor Oakwood extra atmospheric

Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 2d

Storm Amy illustrated why the marshy lowlands of Abhainn Ghleann Rí to the north of Newry are floodplains!

I have spotted lapwing in the past along the towpath - now the fields are drained and electric green from slurry. The river and canal are eutrophic as a result. Nice to see corr éisc still.

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 8d

First record of tiny hyper-oceanic liverwort Drepanolejeunea hamatifolia for co. Cavan (VC H30) from Tullydermot Falls on Salix sp.

One of the oceanic liverworts appearing to increasing as an epiphyte

#Bryophytes #bryology #liverwort #temperaterainforest #Ireland #Cavan

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 8d

Cololejeunea microscopica frequent on willows and found the 3rd Irish record of Endoantria benetecta, and first for Co. Cavan. Pretty nice all round but highly fragmented woodland.

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 8d

Tullydermot Waterfall, West Cavan

A nice selection of rainforest species at this modest waterfall just south of Cuilcagh. Fragments of woodland cling on to the banks of the CLADAGH River.

Plagiochila spinulosa and Protopannaria pezizoides were welcome finds.

#bryophyte #lichen #ireland

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 13d

Some more oceanic plants from Glenariff Forest

- Harpalejeunea molleri
- Hymenophyllum wilsonii
- Jubula hutchinsiae
- Plagiochila bifaria

Really nice assortment of bryophytes

#bryophyte #ireland

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 14d

First record of Daltonia splachnoides for co. Antrim (VC H39) and the most NE Irish record so far. Closest known site (my record from Monaghan the other week) is 100km SW of here.

Found on a willow in Glenariff Forest. Very happy.

#bryophytes #moss #temperaterainforest #botany #ireland

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 15d

New site for Daltonia splachnoides from Co. Fermanagh (VC H33) at Poll na gColm in the southwest of the county. Plus an obligatory picture of Trichocolea tomentella. Finished the day off with a trip to the Magho cliffs with a stunning view of lower Loch Erne towards south Donegal.

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 17d

Agóid Náisiúnta na nGael i mBaile Áth Cliath inné

Tionól iontach mór ann agus bus lán go béal ón dheisceart an Dúin!

#cearta #mórshiúl #agóid #dearglefearg #gael #gaeilge

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 20d

First record of oceanic liverwort Plagiochila bifaria for co. Armagh (VC H37) from near St Moninna’s Well, Sliabh gCuillinn

Hanging out above a rock face with a small waterfall below some rowans. Associates included Metzgeria conjugata.

#bryophytes #bryology #ireland #liverwort

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 24d

Said temperate rainforest cryptogams:

- Pyrenula chlorospila/macrospora with insurgence of Graphina ruiziana (1st Louth record)
- Hyocomium armoricum
- Peltigera horizontalis
- Jubula hutchinsiae

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 24d

Some lovely tree-scapes from Ravensdale Forest, Cooley, Co. Louth.

A very unnatural woodland but there are some lovely patches of native trees and temperate rainforest cryptogam biodiversity - but could do with serious ecological restoration.

#woodland #ireland #temperaterainforest

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 27d

Also found first Monaghan record of Drepanolejeunea hamatifolia and plenty of it too

Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · 27d

Very pleased to have found Daltonia splachnoides from Poll an Aifrinn, the 1st record for co. Monaghan

I have been wanting to see this species for a while. Very typical Irish habitat of willow thickets in an upland plantation. Associated included Colura calyptrifolia & Lejeunea patens

#bryophytes

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · Sep 7

2nd Irish record of this fungus this time from Altadaven Wood in south Tyrone - awful photos included

Very pleased

Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · Sep 6

Yeh there are some lovely ones. The ash aren’t in great nick but definitely some nice bits of woodland there

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · Sep 6

Altadaven Wood, east Tyrone

I was so pleasantly surprised at the variety of temperate rainforest cryptogams here. Several new regional and a few county firsts. Some intact ancient oak woodland clings on but it is mostly a larch plantation.

Pseudomarsupidium decipiens was the find of the day!

A holly clad in mosses and ferns within a woodland

A lichen called Peltigera collina growing on a mossy trunk

Liverworts Plagiochila spinulosa growing on a tree trunk

Close-up of Liverwort Pseudomarsupidium decipiens

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · Aug 27

Some old oaks in the rain

Dearclaigh Forest

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · Aug 18

Bog Bothy at Girley Bog, Co. Meath

A great series of events for Heritage Week and we had the weather for it too.

@irisharchitecturef.bsky.social

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · Aug 8

Let me know what you decide on cause I need something small and durable

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · Aug 7

I’ve a particular f(r)ondness for Dryopteris aemula/Hay-scented buckler fern. It’s very attractive with its characteristic crispy fronds & contrast between a dark blue rachis & almost lime green pinnae

This is the 1st record from Co. Louth in a long time - likely v. under-recorded across Cooley

A wide view of a green fern showing the shape of the pinnules

Underside of a green fern with tall conifers in the background

Many ferns growing together in a woodland bank

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · Aug 3

@dmac00.bsky.social took me to this neutral grassland today in South Armagh. We saw a Silver-washed Fritillary!

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · Jul 26

Very exciting indeed

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Dean Mac Cú Uladh @dmac00.bsky.social · Jul 26

Cá’il sé seo i gCabhán?

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