Chris Rimmington

I will have to drum up more interest then!🤣 perhaps through the avenue of lichens in soil biocrust and their pivotal role in the semi arid ecosystem...lots of interest in ecology

Has there ever been or are there any plans for future certification on lichens east of the Cascades? My location in the Southern Interior of BC puts me at a severe disadvantage with testing on Coastal lichens

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Cache Creek delivers! These tiny 1cm white rosettes in full sun on calcium infused basalt looked like Squamarina or Rhizoplaca miniatures but keyed out as an elusive in BC Canada, Lecanora neodegelii (was Squamarina degelii)...I think

Psilolechia lurida and Owlet Moth

Psilolechia lurida

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Psilolechia lurida on sheltered, north facing basalt, vernal seep sharing some green camou with a greenish Owlet Moth thru the heat of the day; near Ashcroft BC, Canada Sept. 2/25

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Jackpot! Acarospora macrospora on north facing limestone crevices...first find 2 yrs ago in Thompson Valley identified by Kerry Knudsen with help from Jana Kocourková; Nicola Valley Southern Interior BC Canada Aug.31/25 will send samples to Toby Spribille😁

Doug Fir

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Old growth IDF ravine @1360m, Kane Valley near Merritt, Southern Interior BC Canada: Fuscopannaria mediterranea (Midnight Crackers)on moss over north facing vertical face of rocky outcrop; Acolium inquinans (Cupped Soot Lichen) on decaying Doung Fir root; Aug.7/25

Good to know! I guess if I worried much about being wrong I would not be studying lichens! Hope standing by my errors can help others😊

I practically ran up to the alpine just to have an hour up top to search for Brodoa (unsuccessfully) but such an interesting ecosystem!! Paul, is there some icon I am missing that allows one to edit errors in their post?

Well, it did seem weird to see a coastal there🤣 thanks! Toby

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Heterodermia sitchensis is common on moss at xalmost every north-facing limestone seep from Marble Canyon to several other parallel valleys S. Interior BC..this one unusually erect, narrower and denser lobes than any others I have seen; Aug.4/25

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I did not find Brodoa oroarctica at Tweedsmuir alpine hike last wknd but saw this liverwort I might not have noticed without Brodoa in mind...Anthelia juratskana

Good times! Thanks for asking Toby. Am going to be lichen hunting on Botany BC hikes to alpine today and tomorrow in Tweedsmuir where this lichen prob is

Thanks! Toby. Am going up alpine in Tweedsmuir today and tomorrow with Botany BC so will have this in my radar sights...have never been here before

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Lecanora swartzii of Lecanora rupicola Group; on basalt seep @ 1600m near Merritt, BC Canada July 19/25

Check out the pics of all blue ones at Chrysis UBC Entomology...some in my yard lately, Chrysis cf cembricola, maybe? Spences Bridge

Hey Paul. The Blsky forum is great for one, maybe two photos and a very short description like this post. Is there any way to change it to accomodate 5-6 pics and longer descriptions? I find it hard to cover lichens within the space. Chris

Clockwise from top left with: Aspicilia mastrucata, Circinaria contorta, by yourself, with Candellariella sprageui...in shrub steppe, Thompson Mtn near Ashcroft BC Canada Feb.23, 2025

How many ways can you be with Rhizoplaca phaedrophthalma?

Very interesting for conservation application! wonder if there are any labs in Canada that would be up for it? am supporting local Conservation Councils with info for our endangered shrub steppe

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Umbilicaria arctica had me digging for an ID since last Summer 2024...@800m on northwest rock face in dry IDF above Ashcroft, BC...until my new Macrolichens of PNW book gave me a clue that made the diff

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Trabecular bone with Caloplaca sp., found in shrub steppe Nicola Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada Feb.11/25

Lobothallia radiosa with immersed apos and non-pruinose lobe tips; on crumbling sandstone

Phaeorrhiza sareptana, terricolous

Psora luridum with non-pruinose squamules, terricolous

Buellia cf dispersa, on crumbling sandstone

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Semi-arid shrub steppe, low elev, Nicola Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada; Feb.10/25

Physcia dimidiata with simple white rhizines, unlike squarrose rhizines of Physconia isidiigera and without convex lobes of Anaptychia elbursiana

Physcia dimidiata on low elev vertical seep in Fraser Valley

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Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest 3rd Edition by Bruce McCune and Linda Geiser is a game changer for my field identifications...cuts to the chase immediately with specific traits for differentiation...helped me with this Physcia dimidiata and many others

Will do! A cold spell about to descend but Spring is a great time before the scorching heat arrives

Great!! We should meet sometime...plenty of gulches and bluffs I have not yet explored; recently sent request for permit from big ranch to access leased-for-grazing Crown land on south face of Arrowstone Complex off Hwy1

Am having difficulty with reply button not engaging...any ideas? Maybe I am too wordy🤣

Just trying to get used to commenting...could not see my previous reply🧐

Half the fun! Used to raise Angora goats, then trained myself to be a goat on the Mtn sheep/deer trails up the sidehills here, now am all agoat for lichens🐐🐐🐐 ...much rock where you are @ 103 Mile? (she asked, not wanting to attract suspicion re lichens🤣)

Much rock where you are? 103 Mile?