Atlantic Woodlands in Britain & Ireland

Information Note: Atlantic Woodlands in Britain & Ireland. 

Temperate Rainforests and Southern Oceanic Woodlands.  

Introduction

The western seaboard of Britain and Ireland supports a network of internationally important woodlands, recognised as Atlantic woodlands. These are typically old-growth woodlands, in clean-air situations, that are strongly influenced by oceanic (wet & mild, with equable annual temperatures) to pluvial hyper-oceanic (very wet & mild, with equable annual temperatures) climates.

UK Fungus Day: South-East Scotland (LISS group), St Baldred's Cradle, Tyninghame

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Meeting of LISS (lichens in South East Scotland)

Date: Tuesday October 3rd

Time: starting at 11 am with the day finishing at approximately 4pm

Location: the coast at St Baldred's Cradle, Tyninghame

Low tide at nearby Dunbar is at 1135am, so we should be good to go from the start and well away before high tide at 1757pm.

A return to this location for the LISS group to search for lichens new to the area and for people to work on improving their knowledge of the lichens present.

Highlights from the visits in 2022 included Flavoparmelia soredians, Lichina pygmaea, Punctelia jeckeri, Rhizocarpon richardii, Toninia aromatica, Verrucaria mucosa, and Xanthoria aureola. 

For more information, contact details and where to meet see https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/south-east-scotland

South-East Scotland (LISS group): Langhaugh/Dollar in Manor Valley

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Meeting of LISS (lichens in South East Scotland)

Date: Tuesday September 5th

Time: starting at 10 am with the day finishing at approximately 15.30

Location: Langhaugh/Dollar in Manor Valley

A return to this location for the LISS group to search for lichens new to the area and for people to work on improving their knowledge of the lichens present.

For more information, contact details and where to meet see https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/south-east-scotland

South-East Scotland (LISS group): Glenrath Hope, Worms Cleuch CANCELLED

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Meeting of LISS (lichens in South East Scotland)

CANCELLED: POSTPONED UNTIL 5 SEPTEMBER

Date: Tuesday August 8th

Time: starting at 10 am with the day finishing at approximately 15.30

Location: Glenrath Hope and Worms Cleuch

A return to this location for the LISS group to search for lichens new to the area and for people to work on improving their knowledge of the lichens present.

Highlights from the visits in 2022 included Buellia grisovirens, Cladonia digitata, C. rangiferina, Pertusaria albescens, Trapeliopsis pseudogranulosa, and Xanthoria polycarpa.

For more information, contact details and where to meet see https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/south-east-scotland

South-East Scotland (LISS group): Posso Farm

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Meeting of the LISS (lichens in South East Scotland) group

Date: Tuesday July 4th

Time: starting at 10 am with the day finishing at approximately 15.30

Location: Posso Farm and Posso Craig

A return to this location for the LISS group to search for lichens new to the area and for people to work on improving their knowledge of the lichens present.

Highlights from the visits in 2022 included Caloplaca decipiens, Sarcogyne regularis, Cetraria aculeata, Cladonia bellidiflora, Lecanora orosthea, Mycoblastus sanguinarius, Schaereria cinereorufa & fuscocinerea, and Trapelia glebulosa.

For more information, contact details and where to meet see https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/south-east-scotland

South-East Scotland (LISS group): Langhaugh Tunnel, Dollar Forest and Sting Burn

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Meeting of the LISS (lichens in South East Scotland) group

Date: Tuesday June 6th

Time: starting at 10 am with the day finishing at approximately 15.30

Location: Langhaugh Tunnel, Dollar Forest and Sting Burn, plus Horsehope Forest

A return to this location for the LISS group to search for lichens new to the area and for people to work on improving their knowledge of the lichens present.

Highlights from the visits in 2022 included Cladonia humilis, Placopsis lambii, Stereocaulons, Hypotrachyna sinuosa, Dibaeis baeomyces, Ionaspis lacustris, Placopyrenium fuscellum, Rhizocarpon petraeum, Sphaerophorus globosus, and in Horsehope Forest Lichenomphalia umbellifera.

For more information, contact details and where to meet see https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/south-east-scotland

South-East Scotland (LISS group): Hallmanor Forest

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Meeting of the LISS (lichens in South East Scotland) group

Date: Tuesday May 9th

Time: starting at 10 am with the day finishing at approximately 15.30

Location: Wellmanor Forest

A return to this location for the LISS group to search for lichens new to the area and for people to work on improving their knowledge of the lichens present.

Highlights from the visits in 2022 included Baeomyces placophyllus, Porpidia melinodes, and Porpidia flavocruenta.

For more information, contact details and where to meet see https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/south-east-scotland

South-East Scotland (LISS group): Cademuir Hill and farm, Wellbush Ruin

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Meeting of LISS (lichens in South East Scotland)

Date: Tuesday April 11th

Time: starting at 10 am with the day finishing at approximately 15.30

Location: Cademuir Hill and farm, Wellbush Ruin

A return to this location for the LISS group to search for lichens new to the area and for people to work on improving their knowledge of the lichens present.

Highlights from the visits in 2022 included Calvitimela aglaea, Lasallia pustulata, Miriquidica leucophaea, Rimularia intercedens, Xanthoparmelia conspersa & mougeotii, and Xanthoria elegans.

For more information, contact details and where to meet see https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/south-east-scotland

 

South-East Scotland (LISS group): Hay Lodge Park, Manor Bridge and Church

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Meeting of the LISS (lichens in South East Scotland) group

Date: Tuesday March 14th

Time: starting at 10 am with the day finishing at approximately 15.30

Location: Hay Lodge, Manor Bridge and churchyard

A return to this location for the LISS group to search for lichens new to the area and for people to work on improving their knowledge of the lichens present.

Highlights from the visits in 2022 included Lecanora varia, Melanohalea laciniatula, Physcia stellaris, Rinodina sophodes, Xanthoria ulophyllodes, Physcia caesia, and Physcia dubia.

For more information, contact details and where to meet see https://britishlichensociety.org.uk/local-groups/south-east-scotland

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