Day 2 in the field Boreal Rainforest
Half day of rain just to get the right feeling
Flatanger (
Boreal rainforest in Flatanger, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
Wendesday 5 of august!
Foto och text (with help of Staffan Wall and others) Aimon Niklasson
Oceanic boreal rain forest in the background and cows on "irish" green
Degelia plumbea named after Gunnar Degelius which together with Sten Ahlner were much interested in oceanic lichens
Dale Nature Reserve at Stordalen. Rainy introduction so no pictures until after a while.
Nephroma laevigatum
Dale Nature reserv, Stordalen
Platismatia norvegica
Dale Nature reserv, Stordalen
Rinodrina disjuncta was shown at the entrance of the park. (This lichen is described by Tor Tønsberg)
Dale Nature reserv, Stordalen
Lobaria scrobiculata Note the dotted soral to the left
Dale Nature reserv, Stordalen
Lobaria scrobiculataAnother view
Dale Nature reserv, Stordalen
Pseudocyphellaria crocata one of the 3 species Håkon Holien found as a young boy stimulated by Sten Ahlners traveling in the area before the war
Dale Nature reserv, Stordalen
Nephroma laevigatum
Dale Nature reserv, Stordalen
Something very interesting but so small most of us didnt see it! Do You?
Dale Nature reserv, Stordalen
Ramalina thrausta
Was rather common in the area where Håkon grow up as a young boy. We found it in one tree (known before) Dale Nature reserv, Stordalen
Ramalina thrausta Note the ebony colour! Dale Nature reserv, Stordalen
Ramalina thrausta
Note the apical soral which is diagnostic and the hooklike endings
Dale Nature reserv, Stordalen
Happy in the rain
Dale Nature reserv, Stordalen
The reason why its still there!
Old wet spruce forest!
Dale Nature reserv, Stordalen
Most of Sten Ahlners finding from 1938 are gone!!
Dale Nature reserv, Stordalen
On the way to Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
On the way to Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
On the way to Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
On the way to Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
On the way to Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
On the way to Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Pannaria rubiginosa
lots of them Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Lobaria virens
On the way to Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Lobaria pulmonaria
On the way to Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Collema fasciculare
On the way to Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Peltigera collina with typical marginal soralia
On the way to Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Lobaria virens with two well developed apothecia and many small "vulcanoes" on its way
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Lobaria scrobiculata
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Collema fasciculare, 2 small Lobaria virens but what is the white things??
and are there more lichens then Parmelia serrana that has marignal isidia like the one in the upper left corner??
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
We walked a little bit closer to Floanvatnet
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Pectenia (Degelia) cyanoloma
30 cm in diameter Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Einar tells
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Einar Timdal checking documentation
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
High up in the sky one of the 3 sea eagles were checking us!
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Sea eagle 50 mm lens!
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Fuscopannaria ignobilis
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Fuscopannaria ignobilis a typical boreal forest lichen
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Fuscopannaria ignobilis in somewhat different light
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Pannaria rubiginosa Difficult to get enough of this nice lichen
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Many species; 2 lichens, 1 moss, 1 liverwort and one species of landsnail
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Biatora?
Found this information but no photo. Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
(Biatora troendelagensis)
Another Collema fasciculare together with Pannaria rubiginosa
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
And Collema fasciculare together with Lobaria pulmonaria
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Lacking notes but seems interesting! Anybody knows? Håkon?!
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Frullania without smell of mango together with 2 unknown lichens
Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Last Pannaria rubiginosa for the day! Vikvatnet-Floanvatnet
Short stop looking on Ciphula ceratites an arctic lichen
Nordstraumen
Ciphula ceratites typical growth on partly inundated stone
Nordstraumen
Cornicularia norvegica with apothecia
Nordstraumen
And its typical growth place here with Racomitrium mosses keeping some extra water maybe?
Nordstraumen
Last field work for the day
Nordstraumen
Whats hiding in between?
Way home
Oceanic moisture...
Way home
coming back as we go home to Steinkjer
WHAT A DAY!
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