Ulota coarctata

 

I had a quick look over the willow coppice a couple of hundred yards away from my house, in preparation for some imminent firewood coppicing. I last cut it about 10 years ago, and the trunks are now a few inches thick. A single Ulota capsule caught my eye, and on closer inspection it appears to be U. coarctata - pinched tip and erect peristome teeth. The leaves stayed more or less straight on drying. There's a record from North Wales, but none from the south, although it's spreading in England. Something else to try to chainsaw around, although all the other fruiting Ulota here seems to be U. bruchii.