This workshop has low enrollment and is in danger of being cancelled.  IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING SIGNING UP FOR THIS CLASS, PLEASE DO SO NOW.

Thank you from Friends of The Chico State Herbarium.

INTRODUCTION TO LICHEN IDENTIFICATION

by Tom Carlberg

March 3, 2012, Saturday

For details and a registration form, please go to:

www.csuchico.edu/biol/Herb/Events.html

"For most people lichens are only colorful blotches on rocks or just moss-like drapery on tree branches. But lichens are not mosses and they are not plants; they are unique symbiotic associations of fungus and green algae and/or cyanobacteria. Unique organisms, lichens are also essential components of ecosystems throughout the world, with more than 3,600 species found in North America and 1609 species reported from California. Opportunities to learn about lichens and how to identify them are rare, even though their identification

is often critical to complete inventory of natural resources during pre-project planning and review. Friends of the Herbarium present this opportunity to gain skills and understanding of this under-studied group of organisms."

AND TAKE A LOOK AT OTHER UPCOMING WORKSHOPS FROM FRIENDS OF THE CHICO STATE HERBARIUM:

Feb. 25, 2012 -- Intro into Mushroom Foraging and Identification -- FULL

March 10-11, 2012 -- Intro to the Identification of Bryophytes

March 31, 2012 -- Emerging Botanical Field Methods

April 14, 2012 -- Health and Safety for Workers in the Field Sciences

April 21, 2012 -- Intro to the 2nd edition of The Jepson Manual (TJM)

April 28, 2012 -- Fire Ecology

May 19, 2012 -- Botanical Illustration

www.csuchico.edu/biol/Herb/Events.html

For more information about Friends of the Chico State Herbarium please go to:

www.csuchico.edu/biol/Herb/Friends.html

"The Friends of The Chico State Herbarium, California State University, Chico, was formed to help maintain the high quality of work that has been known to be associated with the herbarium. The primary purpose of the group is to provide community support for the herbarium and to help demonstrate and publicize the value of the herbarium to the botanical community. Scientific and academic pursuits are the focus of the group. Activities include raising funds for items that are not covered under the University budget, offering low cost workshops and classes on various botanical topics, supporting the Jim Jokerst Field Botany Award to encourage student research involving field aspects of botany and ecology, and publication of a newsletter about these and other activities as well as providing information about news and articles of local botanical interest."

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