Area: South-East Scotland
Description:
This group started in 2022 for all lichen beginners and enthusiasts. Please get in touch with Graham Pyatt to join the mailing list.
Graham has suggested the series of field trips below, aiming to find 100 lichen species over the course of the year, using characters that can be observed in the field with the aid of a hand-lens.
A typical field meeting will start at 10:00am, meeting at a carpark across the road from Hay Lodge Park on the A72 at the Western edge of Peebles, grid ref NT245405. We will then drive on to the venue, which may take half an hour to the head of Manor Valley. There will normally be morning and afternoon sessions, ending back in Peebles by 4pm. Car-sharing will depend on Covid rules.
Contact: Please email Graham Pyatt pyattdg@gmail.com
Provisional events list for 2022
| Visits of LISS 2022 | Highlights | New spp approx |
Total spp approx |
|
1a. Hay Lodge Park 1b. South Park Wood MARCH 8th |
Phaeophyscia, Physconia, Ramalina, Rinodina sophodes. Bryoria fuscescens, Usnea dasopoga. |
19 7 |
26 |
|
2a. Cademuir Hill 2b. Fox Farm APRIL 12th |
Xanthoparmelia conspersa & mougeotii, Umbilicaria cylindrica. Umbilicaria polyphylla. |
14 7 |
47 |
|
3a. Hallmanor Dam 3b. Hallmanor Farm Cottage MAY 17th |
Aspicilia contorta, Lecanora varia. Protoblastenia rupestris, Xanthoria elegans, Verrucaria nigrescens. |
7 6 |
60 |
|
4a. Langhaugh Hill 4b. Dollar Forest JUNE 14th |
3 Stereocaulons, Physcia caesia, Fuscidea lightfootii. Baeomyces rufus, Hypotrachyna laevigata, Cladonias. |
2 6 |
68+ |
|
5a. Posso Farm 5b. Posso Craig JULY 12th |
Caloplaca decipiens, Physconia grisea. Mycoblastus sanguinarius, Diploschistes scruposus, Rhizocarpon lecanorinum, Cladonias. |
3 8 |
79+ |
|
6. Glenrath Hope AUGUST 9th |
Ochrolechia tartarea, Umbilicaria cylindrica, Sphaerophorus globosus, Porpidia melinodes, Tuckermannopsis, Parmotrema perlatum, Cladonias. |
13 |
92 + Cladonias |
|
Dawyck Arboretum SEPTEMBER 13th |
Calicium viride, Lecanora intumescens, Lecanactis abietina, Pertusaria flavida. |
4 |
96 + Cladonias |
|
Coast of East Lothian OCTOBER 11th |
Caloplaca thallincola? Anaptychia runcinata? Ramalina siliquosa? |
4 |
100 + Cladonias |
