Rich recently initiated some good discussion of native versus non-native lichens. The thing to keep in mind about lichens is that they are the perfect pioneer...
tim gerk
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Mar 6, 2006 1:10 pm
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The reason I had asked for information about native vs alien lichens is that "bob the chemist" wants to do a study about lichens and air pollution. See message...
Thanks for the compliment on my NPLichen website. Please note that mapping capability is at my site. You can select either a list of parks a species is in, or...
James P. Bennett
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Mar 6, 2006 4:35 pm
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Greetings: On Sunday April 30 I will be leading a lichen search at Corron Farm. The location is in Kane County, IL. It will run from 10:00 until 2:00 (or...
HYDE PARK LICHEN PROJECT SCHEDULE Rich Hyerczyk of Morton Arboretum will continue his project to identify local lichen species. All interested residents are...
After one visit to Corron Fam in Kane County, IL here is a list of what we saw. ACAROSPORA A. Massal. Acarospora fuscata (Schrader) Arnold On a weathered...
Would anyone have any information on lichen studies for students in ecology courses? I want to offer some kind of lichen study as part of an ecology course. I...
Rich, I "developed" a field experience for high-school students that had them estimate lichen density on trees at the CSU campus. Students were given ...
Just a reminder that the Chicago Lichenological Society will be looking for the lichen flora at Corron Farm in Kane County on Sunday April 30 from 10 am to 2...
(This was sent to me from Doug Greene from the LICHEN CLASS group. I am forwarding it to Chicago members. To all who are interested. Clifford Wetmore has...
Dear Colleagues, With grief I am informing you all that Dr. P.G. Patwardhan, a pioneer Lichenologist of India has passed away on15-05-2006 morning around 10.00...
I just uploaded some new photos to my JPDenk photo album from my recent trip to Kentucky. The new photos are DSC5840 and 5841, Cladonia coniocraea, and a...
Dear Chicago Lichens Group: I am planning a two day overnight trip to Alden in McHenry County, Illinois over the October 14-15 weekend at the Small Waters ...
Hello all, As some of you already know, I'm exploring ways of using lichen to assess air quality in south side Chicago. Over the next six weeks, high school...
Directions to Kane County, Illinois FIELD TRIP SUNDAY JULY 2, 2006 10:00 TO 2:00 BRING HAND LENS AND LUNCH AND H2O Corron Farm (owned by Campton Township,...
I posted this via email but do not see it on the message list so I am re-posting via yahoo .......... Hi All, Never occurred to me to look for a lichen group...
Hi All, Never occurred to me to look for a lichen group on Yahoo. Although an amateur naturalist all my life, I must confess that I can not think of the name...
Hello Jack, I am looking forward to meeting you in McHenry Co. I go out with Rich a lot, but don't have a good memory for lichen names, so I don't know that...
... I have only seen 3 species out here in about 10 years so it should be pretty easy to remember them once I learn them. For some reason, I just have not...
Welcome Jack, Yes there are lichens in Chicago as in Chicago proper. I haven't seen any of the British Soldiers in the city. But I have seen some crustose...
... Interesting as I lived on the NW side (Montrose and Austin) and never saw a lichen in the neighborhood. Don't believe there were any at North Park Village...
Hello Jack - Glad you're with us - I don't know about Marengo, but there are British Soldiers in the Western suburbs in Dupage County, also I've heard they are...
YES folks the overnighter at McHenry COunty is on. Oct 14-15. We'll visit a few local natural areas, and stay overnight. This is optional - the overnight....
I published the "Lichens of Ten Chicago Parks" last year and in my studies I found 25 lichens at North Park Village. 11 are crustose and 14 are foliose. No...
... Shows you what I know. Sounds like I have a lot to learn. js -- PHOTO OF THE WEEK: http://schmidling.com/pow.htm Astronomy, Beer, Cheese, Fiber,Gems,...
This pic looked better before I compressed it but would anyone like to take a shot at id-ing these guys? Looks like two different green ones but it's not...
Hi everyone, I added a photo to my photo folder today, not sure what they are, but they were growing on the ground in the St. Mihiel East forest preserve near...
Hi All, A student of mine had a field trip to the Indiana Dunes and collected some twigs with lichen on them. One that caught my eye was unfamiliar to me and...
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