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Walton Hall Nature Trail
Take a walk through the churchyard to see what lichens grow on the different man-made outcrops of stone.
http://www.open.ac.uk/Nature_Trail/Lichen.htm
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Lichen Determination Keys Available on the Internet
Provides links to keys providing details of the lichens that can be found in many countries throughout the world.
http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/sipman/keys/
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LIAS
Provides a global information system for lichenized and non-lichenized ascomycetes.
http://www.lias.net/
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Lichens of North America
Details of the book of this name, and an interesting introduction to the biology of lichens and their relationships with man and the environment.
http://www.lichen.com/
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Cryptothecia rubrocincta, the Christmas Lichen
Photographs and article by Tom Volk on this spectacular lichen which can be found in the tropical regions of the Americas.
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec2006.html
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Lichen Images
Provides photographs of about 50 species.
http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/gallery/browseimages.php?c=76&userid=
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The World of Lichenology
Information on the International Association of Lichenologists, photographs of various lichens and links to other lichen-related websites.
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/cpsu/lichen1.html
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Lichens as Bioindicators of Air Pollution
Technical article discussing how lichens play prominent roles in air pollution studies because of their sensitivity to different gaseous pollutants, particularly sulfur dioxide.
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/courses/en570/papers_1996/simonson.html
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Lichenland
Offers ways to find out more about lichens including Lichenlite, an introduction for children. For more advanced study there is a synoptic key and an identification aid.
http://ocid.nacse.org/lichenland/
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FIA Lichen Indicator
The Forest Inventory and Analysis service in the United States monitors the lichen community in order to assess the impact of air pollution on forest health.
http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/program-features/indicators/lichen/
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