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Please note these are personal thoughts and not a representation of BLS opinion. The State of Nature Report 2023 was published on 27th September.
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Olympus cameras, now rebranded OM-System, have brought out a new version of the Tough camera
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BLS members may be interested in this art exhibition to be held in Ramsgate, Kent over the coming week.
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A pilot course, known as LEAF, was developed to support the learning of people who had previously met via Zoom (as part of a LABs group- Lichens for Absolute Beginners). The Aim was to provide a face to face experience to develop practical skills in the laboratory and field situations.
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This summer the British Lichen Society sponsored a Summer Student project in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society. This has produced designs for lichen interpretation boards for the RHS garden in Devon: Rosemoor.
The boards are linked by a trail that can be accessed by downloading a pdf map or through the IZI.travel app. The app provides audio directions around the trail and additional information for many of the stops.
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Plantlife have a vacancy for a Rainforest Advisor, based in South West England, to be home based, within or close to Devon and Cornwall. The
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Organised by the British Mycological Society and now in its tenth year, UK Fungus Day celebrates the wonders of the fungal world and aims to publicize the importance of fungi among the wider public.
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Ocellomma picconianum is an internationally scarce Mediterranean – Southern Atlantic lichen of dry bark on trees, which is typically found on Holm Oak in humid Mediterranean woodlands (Nimis, 2023). The nearest record before 2023 was in an old riverine woodland in the Landes, Gironde on the Atlantic Coast of France (Roux, et coll., 2020).