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these things are absolutely fascinating! i have not taken much notice of these in the past, but i can see me devoloping an interest in lichens soon
the pictures of Baeomyces rufus is a real eye opener, how big are the fungi shaped parts in the pics?, they must be very miniscule judging by the overall size in the picture,
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I'd never really looked at them closely until last November but they are such amazing shapes, colours and growth forms I'm completely hooked. Those fungi-shaped bits were about pinhead size or slightly smaller - I only noticed them because I was flat on the ground peering at the licheny splodge next to them! (Got some very funny looks from other walkers though, but with the freedom of granniedom I'm not that bothered anymore!)
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it might not be such a bad thing for me if there are not to many species around the east mids, i might stand more chance to id what few there are
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You're in with a much better chance than me of figuring out whats what!
As posch says I'm in a really good lichen area, but there are so many different ones I doubt I'll ever figure a fraction of them. I'm also finding it hard to remember the names of ones I'm recognising - common names stick in my head way better than Latin!