I visited Cow Wood to do a recce for the free walk I am doing there on Tuesday 11 March see Sim’s Lichen Walks for details. I know the wood well, but I wanted to plan a specific route and identify the lichens we will see on that route, so I can make a handout to support the participants enjoyment of the walk
Hopefully, the participants will enjoying seeing:
Perusaria leioplaca (a Wart Lichen), Lecanora chlarotera (Dusted White-Rim Lichen), Ramalina farinacea (Farinose Cartlidge Lichen)
Hypnogymnia phsychodes (Hooded Tube Lichen), Usnea cornuta (Inflated Beard), Lecanactis abietina (Old Wood Lichen)
Cladonia caespitica (Stubby-stalked Cladonia)
If you want to see all the lichens, and other organisms, I saw at Cow Wood today, you can view them here Sim’s iNaturalist Records :
Sim's Nature Notes 
Hi Sim, I’m afraid I won’t be able to get to this walk, but I was in Cow Wood on Saturday and found a small patch of a fungus which has been causing some head-scratching on various FB groups. I note you’ve previously recorded Hypomyces rosellus from nearby (Lye Green), and that is one suggestion I’ve had. One of the FB posts is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/18843741618/posts/10160197963406619/?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZXnd4G3o-XDV4odMAr4vkoWl-xQK8eBZcZXIZCfFqjnFXgOeGtifFIlvBhuxSKcYPzluCHw0sGa5EcHmGzsm_KsINlplBrXh2em4mjQAWnBRmi3XwPNJ8YwFn5uMfvRFDQLOIdROlTnkIaEbsyfk_zv&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R
I know this is a lichen walk rather than a fungus one, but maybe if you have any spare time on or after the walk, and are nearby, you could see if you could find it and we could see whether it’s changed. W3W ripen.undercuts.saddens would take you very close to where I saw it; it was on the upperside of a log lying alongside the path, on the right-hand side as you go up away from the 4-way junction in the paths. The reddish colour made it fairly easy to spot.Thanks, Dennis
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I’ll have a look and see if I can find it. Hope to meet you on a walk sometime.
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