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| Teloschistes chrysophthalmus - the Tangerine |
Mark Jackson who lives in Southampton should be crowned the
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus King. Recently, I received an e-mail from him saying that he had found eight bushes with
Teloschistes to
the north east of Brighton, and another two not too far from where he
originally found it. Inspired by this news, I went over to have a look
at areas between Birling Gap and Beachy Head where there were masses of
thorn bushes in open country that seemed ideal. I was utterly convinced I
would be successful, but in the event, I failed to find any. Having
never ever actually seen
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus without
being shown it, I resolved to go and have a look at one of Mark’s sites
for which I had very accurate grid references. In spite of this, it took
me some time to find his two bushes with it on.
