This blog is not a complete list of the iichens of Sussex; it includes lichens I have come across on my personal nature walks in Sussex, and as a volunteer walk leader with RSPB Pagham Harbour, The Lost Woods of Sussex of the Low Weald and Downs and Changing Chalk (Lewes Railway Land Wildlife Trust). I do all this work as a volunteer. I receive no payment or funding for any of my work as an amateur naturalist.
I try to identify all the lichens I see however, inevitably I will miss some,
Identification procedures:
Using appearance (morphology) with a handlesn, chemical reagent testing and microscopy of samples at home, I identify lichens using the keys and descriptions in:
Field Studies Council, Lichens on Twigs, 2003
British Lichen Society, Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland (LGBI2). The species description for LGB13; not yet complete, can be accessed on line at Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland (LGB13)