Lichens grow all around us- on trees, walls, pebbles and the soil- and yet we often hardly notice them. They paint the world with splashes of colour and patterns. Many are tiny but all are a symbiosis of a fungus and alga living together – along with yeasts and other organisms – they are indeed […]
Lichen Walk on Sunday 16th October 2011 at 2pm. Meet at the new Hinterland shelter in Wilkies Wood. Please bring a hand lens if you have one. A chance to look closely at these fascinating and beautiful organisms.
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The Findhorn Hinterland Trust (FHT) is a charity (SC045806) set up as a SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) in July 2015 and as such is regulated by OSCR (Office of Scottish Charities Register). (more...)
The Rich Lichen Biodiversity of the Findhorn Dunes
The 2008 Findhorn Dunes Trust Lichen Survey by Brian and Sandy Coppins found 130 lichens and 15 lichenicolous fungus – these are tiny fungi growing on lichens- growing on the sand, on pebbles and on heather stems at Findhorn. This number has now grown to over 200- all possible because I live locally and being […]