| Re: Cornwall and Dorset Lichen
Hi John,
There's loads of good stuff in the SW. On twigs look for the Usnea with large disc-like apothecia: should be a good variety of different species. Also good variety of Ramalina in the same locations.
The lichen holy grail is Teleoschistes flavicans, golden-hair lichen. It's on the Scillies, but not sure if any extant elsewhere in the SW.
Also plenty along rocky seashores, lime-rich rocks in Dorset, and probably unusual ones of mineral spoil heaps in Cornwall.
Have a good time.
Posch |