Tuesday, 27 December 2016

Somewhere in Mount

I found this at a site near Mountain Ash, this afternoon. I had better not give the location on here, as this will probably be classed as a sensitive record and the exact site kept secret, so no guesses please.

Teloschistes chrysophthalmus (Golden-eye Lichen) The whole plant is only
15mm across.

As far as I know, this is only the second record of it in Wales.  It made my day.

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9 comments:

  1. Phil Hill27 December 2016 at 19:22

    Well done Mark, excellent.

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  2. M.Bevan27 December 2016 at 23:45

    Brilliant find mark and yes i think you did right not to say where and nice to see hard work payed off and you text me and said eg pmsl

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  3. Mark Evans28 December 2016 at 06:39

    I found it by accident.

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  4. M.Bevan28 December 2016 at 07:19

    that the way it go and best thing i found yesterday was Hair Air and i will be looking for lichen again now

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  5. Mark Evans28 December 2016 at 07:30

    I was wondering about hair ice.

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  6. M.Bevan28 December 2016 at 09:02

    i been looking for it and i so it first and thought slime mold and on looking close i thought great

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  7. Michael Hogan28 December 2016 at 09:51

    Another excellent find Mark, well done.

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  8. Martin Bell31 December 2016 at 15:37

    Excellent find - gives me hope that I can find the species around here. On Hawthorne?

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  9. Mark Evans31 December 2016 at 19:01

    Yes it is on Hawthorn and as this site has quite polluted air, it could be anywhere, so if you see a hawthorn with a good lichen community, have a good look, but be warned, the two I have found (this one and one in Dorset) were both very small and don't look particularly yellow from a distance. Have a Happy New Year and good hunting!

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