Lichens revisited
by Heather Harbord, 30 January 2010
The Lichen trip was so popular that those who couldn’t attend asked for it to be repeated. This we did at Ann and Paul Clements’ house, followed by a field trip to Haslam Lake. Five people attended.
Robb Bennett is an entomologist who has studied the natural history of spiders for many years. His interest has taken him around the world, and his collected specimens reside in many museums. Robb formerly worked as a researcher with the BC Ministry of Forests, and was the editor of the Canadian Entomologist (2007-2011).
Now semi-retired, Robb welcomed us into the strange predatory world of spiders, where females rule and males must tread carefully!
Lichens
by Ann and Paul Clements, 9 January 2010.
Seven members attended. The trip started at Community Living Place at 10am with a review of the biology of Lichens. As a framework for identification in the field, we then reviewed the seven Lichen classifications described in Pojar and MacKinnon’s Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
The group viewed examples of lichens in each of the seven groups and examples of lichen features such as apothecia, soredia and isidia. We then carpooled to Haslam Lake and viewed many varieties of lichens found at the site. The trip was led by ourselves and concluded at 12:00 noon.
