Flavoparmelia and small lichen/fungi Q

[gleditsa]

Originally Posted by JennyS

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!)



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!

Hi Jenny, i have trouble pronouncing let alone remembering, the latin names of these
i've made a start on lichens today by posting a picture of one i took a few weeks ago while out with a fellow wabber,(he's probably got the same pics of it as mehe took a few pics of some others we found, but which i did'nt bother with at the time(mistake))
i imagine most of my future finds will be tree growers, as there are not many rocky places around the Sherwood Forest area which is probably for the best, as i can combine my lichen spotting with my fungi spotting!!