The Cumbria Lichen and Bryophyte group is a self-study group for everyone interested in learning, recording, conserving or simply enjoying Cumbria’s lichens and bryophytes (regardless of experience) .
Please join us on a field trip and share your experiences with us on the Cumbria Lichens and Cumbria Bryophytes Facebook groups.
Here are our most recent blog posts:
- Legburthwaite bryophyte trip report 15 November 24
We started the field meeting at a small lay-by in Legburthwaite with a good turnout of around 10 bryologists. A last-minute illness meant our group lead was unfortunately unable to attend, but we still set off up the trail to High Rigg with a hopeful outlook on a drizzly but mild November day. A brief… Read more: Legburthwaite bryophyte trip report 15 November 24 - Leck Beck bryophyte trip report 30th June 2024
A small group (Clare Shaw, Kerry Milligan, Paul Ross, Judith Allinson, David Shaw) met at a parking layby on Leck Fell, just before Leck Fell House. We then trekked down the fell towards the beck, through deep heather and bracken, aiming for the less steep access point upstream of Ease Gill Kirk. The stream bed… Read more: Leck Beck bryophyte trip report 30th June 2024 - Alcock Tarn bryophyte trip report 16 July 2024
Peter Bullard and I met up with a larger group of lichenologists for our field trip to Alcock Tarn. Parking in free parking areas in quarries on the minor road above the A592, we walked up the road and were soon climbing in sunshine on a good track. Alcock Tarn is at the far end… Read more: Alcock Tarn bryophyte trip report 16 July 2024 - High Rigg, south end – Wren Crag lichen trip report – 15 November 2024
We had a good turnout despite a dreich weather forecast – in the end it was chilly and gloomy but largely dry, with the lichens damp but not underwater. About 15 people, both bryologists and lichenologists, met at Legburthwaite at the north end of Thirlmere from where a short walk along the busy road took… Read more: High Rigg, south end – Wren Crag lichen trip report – 15 November 2024 - Coenogonium luteum in Cumbria
Coenogonium luteum (until recently known as Dimerella lutea) is a striking and usually easily recognisable lichen when fertile. It features on the front cover of the latest edition of Dobson (2018), where it is described as having apothecia that look “like tinned apricots when wet and a poached egg when dry”. Most lichen folk will… Read more: Coenogonium luteum in Cumbria