| New GB & Ireland Lichen Flora - Due April 09
Just a heads up on a forthcoming new edition GB Lichen Flora.
Title: - The Lichen Flora of Great Britain and Ireland - New Edition
Edited by OW Purvis, BJ Coppins, DL Hawksworth, PW James and DM Moore
710 pages, 44 line illustrations, 45 maps.
Price still to be announced.
"The first comprehensive, modern account for over 60 years of all the lichens occurring in the British Isles (some 1700 taxa, in 262 genera)."
Full descriptions of genera and species include distributional, chemical and ecological information.
Keys to all genera. Special keys to sterile lichens growing on bark and wood.
Full glossary and taxonomic index.
"Destined to become the standard work for the identification of lichens".
(Above information as currently available from British Lichens, The British Lichen Society, & NHBS Environment Bookstore).
Regards
Mike. |