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Hi David,I don't spend much time using a key but most of the people I know=
who do prefer "Macrolichens of New England" by James and Patricia Hines. I=
t's not illustrated but the pictures are good. I'm not sure if it's availab=
le in Canada. I remember getting my uncle in the U.S. to get me my copy.Wor=
th checking out,Chris
On Sunday, October 14, 2018, 8:27:17 p.m. ADT, David <dwebster@glinx.co=
m> wrote: =20
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Dear All,=C2=A0 =C2=A0 LONG PREAMBLE:
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 In the course of cutting firewood I frequently see Lichens wh=
ich would rarely be seen in detail from the ground and bought a copy of Bro=
do, Sharnoff & Sharnoff shortly after their Lichens of North America came o=
ut.=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Attempts to key these out based on morphol=
ogical characters (don't have the chemicals) have nearly always led to dead=
ends or close but not quite right. And extreme frustration because the tex=
t is in alphabetical order by Genera. So one can be very close and never kn=
ow it because members of a family are scattered throughout the 760+ pages.=
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Yesterday a friend found a very common lichen and asked me wh=
at it was so I said Usnea but I don'r recall the species.=C2=A0It did not a=
gree with any Usnea =C2=A0in Lichens of NA, so I thumbed through all pages =
and drew a blank.=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Wondering why I had supposed it to be =
Usnea,=C2=A0I checked a small Observers book of Lichens which Alison had bo=
ught in 1967 and found Usnea florida at once. =C2=A0And a Google of Usnea f=
lorida confirmed the ID without doubt.QUESTION:=C2=A0 =C2=A0 I don't have m=
uch time these days for luxury activities but would like a practical and re=
liable key for NS lichens and experience tells me that Lichens of NA is not=
suitable. Can anyone suggest a good source for identification of NS Lichen=
s; preferably illustrated ? [I have a vague memory of having asked this que=
stion years ago but lost most e-mails on my now off-line Dell when some mal=
icious characters gained access to it. And why bust a gut finding an archiv=
ed copy of a 10 year old e-mail when a current answer may yield something b=
etter ?]=C2=A0=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Yt, DW, Kentville =20
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<div>Hi David,</div><div>I don't spend much time using a key but mo=
st of the people I know who do prefer "Macrolichens of New England" by Jame=
s and Patricia Hines. It's not illustrated but the pictures are good. I'm n=
ot sure if it's available in Canada. I remember getting my uncle in the U.S=
. to get me my copy.</div><div>Worth checking out,</div><div>Chris</div><di=
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On Sunday, October 14, 2018, 8:27:17 p.m. ADT, David &l=
t;dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:
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<div>Dear All,<div> LONG PREAMBLE:<br><div> In th=
e course of cutting firewood I frequently see Lichens which would rarely be=
seen in detail from the ground and bought a copy of Brodo, Sharnoff & =
Sharnoff shortly after their Lichens of North America came out. </div>=
<div> Attempts to key these out based on morphologic=
al characters (don't have the chemicals) have nearly always led to dead end=
s or close but not quite right. And extreme frustration because the text is=
in alphabetical order by Genera. So one can be very close and never know i=
t because members of a family are scattered throughout the 760+ pages.</div=
><div> Yesterday a friend found a very common lichen and asked=
me what it was so I said <i>Usnea</i> but I don'r recall the species. =
;It did not agree with any <i>Usnea </i>in Lichens of NA, so I thumbe=
d through all pages and drew a blank. </div><div> Wonderi=
ng why I had supposed it to be <i>Usnea, </i>I checked a small Observe=
rs book of Lichens which Alison had bought in 1967 and found <i>Usnea flori=
da</i> at once. And a Google of <i>Usnea florida</i> confirmed the ID=
without doubt.</div><div>QUESTION:</div><div> I don't have mu=
ch time these days for luxury activities but would like a practical and rel=
iable key for NS lichens and experience tells me that Lichens of NA is not =
suitable. Can anyone suggest a good source for identification of NS Lichens=
; preferably illustrated ? [I have a vague memory of having asked this ques=
tion years ago but lost most e-mails on my now off-line Dell when some mali=
cious characters gained access to it. And why bust a gut finding an archive=
d copy of a 10 year old e-mail when a current answer may yield something be=
tter ?] </div><div> Yt, DW, Kentville</div></div></div></=
div></div>
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