Lichens in South-east Scotland

Area: South-East Scotland

Description:

This group started in 2022 for all lichen beginners and enthusiasts. Please get in touch with Graham Pyatt to join the mailing list.

Graham has suggested the series of field trips below, aiming to revisit most of the species seen last year and to add a few more, hoping to reach 200 species by the end of 2023.

A typical field meeting will start at 10:00am, meeting at a carpark across the road from Hay Lodge Park on the A72 at the Western edge of Peebles, grid ref NT245405. We will then drive on to the venue, which may take half an hour to the head of Manor Valley. There will normally be morning and afternoon sessions, ending back in Peebles by 4pm. Car-sharing will depend on Covid rules.

Contact: Please email Graham Pyatt pyattdg@gmail.com


 LISS visit to the East Lothian coast, at Tyninghame, October 2022 LISS visit to the East Lothian coast, at Tyninghame, October 2022

LISS visit to the East Lothian coast, at Tyninghame, October 2022


Lichens of South-West Scotland groupLichens of South-West Scotland group

The Group at Sting Burn, Manorhead


Lichens of South-West Scotland group Frank Dobson meet

The Group at Glenrath Hope, Manor Valley, celebrating the work of Frank Dobson on British lichens


Events list for 2024

  • 23 April (Manor Valley: Cademuir Hill and Wellbush Ruin). We couldn't use the churchyard, so went on and did the rest of the outing.
  • 14 May Manor Valley: Hallmanor Forest: Baeomyces placophyllus. Upper forest boundary wall: Porpidia melinodes. Maybe also visit Manor Churchyard.
  • 11 June Tweeddale: Oliver Forest near Tweedsmuir.
  • 16 July Manor Valley: Posso Farm, Sting Burn.
  • 6 August 'Tweeddale': Possibly boulders on the Meldons Road and Leadburn Community Forest.
  • 17 September Dawyck Botanic Gardens
  • 15 October St Baldreds: Coastal

Events list for 2023

Word document with 2023 meets listed

Visits of LISS 2023

Tuesdays, 1000-1530

Highlights

New species

Total species

c/f 164

MARCH 14th 2023   

1a. Hay Lodge Park

1b. Manor Bridge

1c. Manor churchyard

Lecanora varia, Melanohalea laciniatula, Physcia stellaris, Rinodina sophodes, Xanthoria ulophyllodes.

Physcia caesia.

Physcia dubia .

Target list - Found species

2

166

APRIL 11th 2023   

2a. Cademuir Hill

2b. Cademuir Farm

2c. Wellbush ruin

Calvitimela aglaea , Lasallia pustulata, Miriquidica leucophaea, Rimularia intercedens.

Xanthoparmelia conspersa & mougeotii.

Xanthoria elegans.

Target list

2

168

MAY 9th 2023   
3. Hallmanor ForestBaeomyces placophyllus , Porpidia melinodes, Porpidia flavocruenta.

2

170

JUNE 6th 2023   

4a. Langhaugh Tunnel

4b. Dollar Forest

4c. Sting Burn

Or: Part of the above, plus

4. Horsehope Forest

Cladonia humilis, Placopsis lambii, 3 Stereocaulons.

Hypotrachyna sinuosa.

Dibaeis baeomyces, Ionaspis lacustris, Placopyrenium fuscellum, Rhizocarpon petraeum, Sphaerophorus globosus.

Lichenomphalia umbellifera.

Target list

1

171

JULY 4th 2023   

5a. Posso Farm

5b. Posso Craig 


5c. Hallmanor Fm Cottage

Caloplaca decipiens, Sarcogyne regularis. Lecanora muralis

Cladonia cervicornis, Fuscidea cyathoides, Lecanora orosthea, Mycoblastus sanguinarius, Schaereria cinereorufa, S. fuscocinerea, Stereocaulon evolutum, Trapelia glebulosa.

Caloplaca saxicola, Lecidella scabra, Xanthoria elegans.

Target list

2

173

AUGUST 8th 2023POSTPONED  
SEPTEMBER 5th 2023   

6a. Langhaugh Tunnel 

6b. Dollar Forest

6c. Sting Burn

Cladonia humilis, Placopsis lambii, 3 Stereocaulons.

Hypotrachyna sinuosa.

Dibaeis baeomyces, Ionaspis lacustris, Placopyrenium fuscellum, Rhizocarpon petraeum, Rimularia intercedens, Sphaerophorus globosus.

Target list

1

174

OCTOBER 3rd 202311am start  
7. Coast at St Baldred’s Cradle, TyninghameFlavoparmelia soredians, Lichina pygmaea, Punctelia jeckeri, Rhizocarpon richardii, Toninia aromatica, Verrucaria mucosa, Xanthoria aureola….

Last year's list

?

177+

OCTOBER 24th 2023   
8. Dawyck Gardens, Stobo, Peeblesshire   

 Events list for 2022

Visits of LISS 2022HighlightsNew sppTotal spp

1a. Hay Lodge Park

1b. South Park Wood

MARCH 8th

Lecanora varia, Phaeophyscia, Physconia, 3 Ramalinas, Rinodina sophodes, Tuckermannopsis.         
Bryoria fuscescens, Pertusaria amara, Platismatia glauca, Usnea dasopoga.         

Report - Found species

23

7

 

30

2a. St Andrews Cemetery         

2b. Cademuir Hill

APRIL 12th

Acarospora fuscata, Umbilicaria polyphylla.

Lasallia pustulata, Ramalina subfarinacea, Umbilicaria cylindrica, Xanthoparmelia conspersa & mougeotii.

Found species

6

25

 

61

3a. Schoolhouse Wood         
3b. Hallmanor Estate         
3c. Hallmanor Farm Cottage 

MAY 17th

Flavoparmelia caperata.

Aspicilia contorta, Caloplaca flavovirescens, Fuscidea lightfootii, Melanohalea laciniatula.         

Caloplaca saxicola, Verrucaria nigrescens, Xanthoria elegans.

Found species

1

14

5

 

81

4a. Langhaugh Hill          
4b. Dollar Forest         
4c. Sting Burn

JUNE 14th

Cladonia humilis, Physcia caesia, 2 Stereocaulons.         
Hypotrachyna sinuosa.         
Dibaeis baeomyces, Diploschistes scruposus, Ionaspis lacustris, Rhizocarpon petraeum, Stereocaulon evolutum.

Found species

10         
3         
6
100

5a. Posso Craig

5b. Hallmanor Farm Cottage (again)

JULY 12th

Cetraria aculeata, Cladonia bellidiflora, Mycoblastus sanguinarius, Schaereria cinereorufa & fuscocinerea.         
Lecidella scabra, Sarcogyne regularis.

Found species

13

2

115

6. Glenrath Hope

AUGUST 9th

Buellia griseovirens, Cladonia digitata, Pertusaria albescens, Physcia stellaris, Punctelia subrudecta, Trapeliopsis pseudogranulosa, Xanthoria polycarpa.

Found species

12127

7. Dawyck Arboretum

SEPTEMBER 13th

Calicium viride, Graphis elegans, Lecanactis abietina, Lecanora intumescens & crenulata, Lobaria pulmonaria, Pertusaria flavida & hemisphaerica, Protopannaria pezizoides, Thelotrema lepadinum.

Found species

14141

8. Coast at St Baldred’s Cradle, Tyninghame

OCTOBER 11th

Anaptychia runcinata, Caloplaca marina & thallincola, Lichina confinis, Ramalina cuspidata & siliquosa, Rhizocarpon richardii, Toninia aromatica, Verrucaria mucosa, Xanthoria aureola.         

Found species
23164