Rinodina calcarea

Hi Sylvia,

Thanks for your reply. I see the Register button has reappeared now; I’m sure that wasn’t there a week or so ago when a couple of local lichenologists wanted to join the forum. Now that there is a button to press, I will encourage these people to try to register, and to be persistent if it doesn’t work on their first attempt.

In addition to the Rinodina calcarea, we also added Strigula taylorii and Porina byssophila from the trunk of an ash tree in Riseley churchyard, a tree which has received a lot of attention over the past decade or so. It seems that these species continue to get more common in my area, after being rare or absent until relatively recently. We also added a lichenicolous fungus, Pyrenidium actinellum s. lat. on Caloplaca teicholyta. Even in such a well-worked churchyard we continue to add things to the list on almost every visit.

For people travelling by public transport, Riseley is rather difficult to get to (except by taxi) because the timing of the buses would only allow a short day. We are also conducting an ongoing survey of Foster Hill Road Cemetery in Bedford which is a superb site with excellent examples of very many common saxicolous species along with many recherche and obscure ones. This cemetery is within easy walking distance of the train and bus stations. I will let people know when we have another day planned for either site. If you get impatient feel free to suggest a day to suit you and I can often set aside a day and then invite others.