Chris Rimmington
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Naturalist, amateur lichenologist, hay rancher, conservationist
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Cache Creek delivers! These tiny 1cm white rosettes in full sun on calcium infused basalt looked like Squamarina or Rhizoplaca miniatures but keyed out as an elusive in BC Canada, Lecanora neodegelii (was Squamarina degelii)...I think
Cache Creek delivers! These tiny 1cm white rosettes in full sun on calcium infused basalt looked like Squamarina or Rhizoplaca miniatures but keyed out as an elusive in BC Canada, Lecanora neodegelii (was Squamarina degelii)...I think
October 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Cache Creek delivers! These tiny 1cm white rosettes in full sun on calcium infused basalt looked like Squamarina or Rhizoplaca miniatures but keyed out as an elusive in BC Canada, Lecanora neodegelii (was Squamarina degelii)...I think
Cache Creek delivers! These tiny 1cm white rosettes in full sun on calcium infused basalt looked like Squamarina or Rhizoplaca miniatures but keyed out as an elusive in BC Canada, Lecanora neodegelii (was Squamarina degelii)...I think
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Psilolechia lurida on sheltered, north facing basalt, vernal seep sharing some green camou with a greenish Owlet Moth thru the heat of the day; near Ashcroft BC, Canada Sept. 2/25
Psilolechia lurida on sheltered, north facing basalt, vernal seep sharing some green camou with a greenish Owlet Moth thru the heat of the day; near Ashcroft BC, Canada Sept. 2/25
September 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Psilolechia lurida on sheltered, north facing basalt, vernal seep sharing some green camou with a greenish Owlet Moth thru the heat of the day; near Ashcroft BC, Canada Sept. 2/25
Psilolechia lurida on sheltered, north facing basalt, vernal seep sharing some green camou with a greenish Owlet Moth thru the heat of the day; near Ashcroft BC, Canada Sept. 2/25
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Jackpot! Acarospora macrospora on north facing limestone crevices...first find 2 yrs ago in Thompson Valley identified by Kerry Knudsen with help from Jana Kocourková; Nicola Valley Southern Interior BC Canada Aug.31/25 will send samples to Toby Spribille😁
Jackpot! Acarospora macrospora on north facing limestone crevices...first find 2 yrs ago in Thompson Valley identified by Kerry Knudsen with help from Jana Kocourková; Nicola Valley Southern Interior BC Canada Aug.31/25 will send samples to Toby Spribille😁
September 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Jackpot! Acarospora macrospora on north facing limestone crevices...first find 2 yrs ago in Thompson Valley identified by Kerry Knudsen with help from Jana Kocourková; Nicola Valley Southern Interior BC Canada Aug.31/25 will send samples to Toby Spribille😁
Jackpot! Acarospora macrospora on north facing limestone crevices...first find 2 yrs ago in Thompson Valley identified by Kerry Knudsen with help from Jana Kocourková; Nicola Valley Southern Interior BC Canada Aug.31/25 will send samples to Toby Spribille😁
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Old growth IDF ravine @1360m, Kane Valley near Merritt, Southern Interior BC Canada: Fuscopannaria mediterranea (Midnight Crackers)on moss over north facing vertical face of rocky outcrop; Acolium inquinans (Cupped Soot Lichen) on decaying Doung Fir root; Aug.7/25
Old growth IDF ravine @1360m, Kane Valley near Merritt, Southern Interior BC Canada: Fuscopannaria mediterranea (Midnight Crackers)on moss over north facing vertical face of rocky outcrop; Acolium inquinans (Cupped Soot Lichen) on decaying Doung Fir root; Aug.7/25
August 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Old growth IDF ravine @1360m, Kane Valley near Merritt, Southern Interior BC Canada: Fuscopannaria mediterranea (Midnight Crackers)on moss over north facing vertical face of rocky outcrop; Acolium inquinans (Cupped Soot Lichen) on decaying Doung Fir root; Aug.7/25
Old growth IDF ravine @1360m, Kane Valley near Merritt, Southern Interior BC Canada: Fuscopannaria mediterranea (Midnight Crackers)on moss over north facing vertical face of rocky outcrop; Acolium inquinans (Cupped Soot Lichen) on decaying Doung Fir root; Aug.7/25
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Heterodermia sitchensis is common on moss at xalmost every north-facing limestone seep from Marble Canyon to several other parallel valleys S. Interior BC..this one unusually erect, narrower and denser lobes than any others I have seen; Aug.4/25
Heterodermia sitchensis is common on moss at xalmost every north-facing limestone seep from Marble Canyon to several other parallel valleys S. Interior BC..this one unusually erect, narrower and denser lobes than any others I have seen; Aug.4/25
August 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Heterodermia sitchensis is common on moss at xalmost every north-facing limestone seep from Marble Canyon to several other parallel valleys S. Interior BC..this one unusually erect, narrower and denser lobes than any others I have seen; Aug.4/25
Heterodermia sitchensis is common on moss at xalmost every north-facing limestone seep from Marble Canyon to several other parallel valleys S. Interior BC..this one unusually erect, narrower and denser lobes than any others I have seen; Aug.4/25
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I did not find Brodoa oroarctica at Tweedsmuir alpine hike last wknd but saw this liverwort I might not have noticed without Brodoa in mind...Anthelia juratskana
I did not find Brodoa oroarctica at Tweedsmuir alpine hike last wknd but saw this liverwort I might not have noticed without Brodoa in mind...Anthelia juratskana
August 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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I did not find Brodoa oroarctica at Tweedsmuir alpine hike last wknd but saw this liverwort I might not have noticed without Brodoa in mind...Anthelia juratskana
I did not find Brodoa oroarctica at Tweedsmuir alpine hike last wknd but saw this liverwort I might not have noticed without Brodoa in mind...Anthelia juratskana
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Lecanora swartzii of Lecanora rupicola Group; on basalt seep @ 1600m near Merritt, BC Canada July 19/25
Lecanora swartzii of Lecanora rupicola Group; on basalt seep @ 1600m near Merritt, BC Canada July 19/25
July 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Lecanora swartzii of Lecanora rupicola Group; on basalt seep @ 1600m near Merritt, BC Canada July 19/25
Lecanora swartzii of Lecanora rupicola Group; on basalt seep @ 1600m near Merritt, BC Canada July 19/25
How many ways can you be with Rhizoplaca phaedrophthalma?
February 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
How many ways can you be with Rhizoplaca phaedrophthalma?
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Umbilicaria arctica had me digging for an ID since last Summer 2024...@800m on northwest rock face in dry IDF above Ashcroft, BC...until my new Macrolichens of PNW book gave me a clue that made the diff
Umbilicaria arctica had me digging for an ID since last Summer 2024...@800m on northwest rock face in dry IDF above Ashcroft, BC...until my new Macrolichens of PNW book gave me a clue that made the diff
February 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Umbilicaria arctica had me digging for an ID since last Summer 2024...@800m on northwest rock face in dry IDF above Ashcroft, BC...until my new Macrolichens of PNW book gave me a clue that made the diff
Umbilicaria arctica had me digging for an ID since last Summer 2024...@800m on northwest rock face in dry IDF above Ashcroft, BC...until my new Macrolichens of PNW book gave me a clue that made the diff
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Trabecular bone with Caloplaca sp., found in shrub steppe Nicola Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada Feb.11/25
Trabecular bone with Caloplaca sp., found in shrub steppe Nicola Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada Feb.11/25
February 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Trabecular bone with Caloplaca sp., found in shrub steppe Nicola Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada Feb.11/25
Trabecular bone with Caloplaca sp., found in shrub steppe Nicola Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada Feb.11/25
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Semi-arid shrub steppe, low elev, Nicola Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada; Feb.10/25
Semi-arid shrub steppe, low elev, Nicola Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada; Feb.10/25
February 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Semi-arid shrub steppe, low elev, Nicola Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada; Feb.10/25
Semi-arid shrub steppe, low elev, Nicola Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada; Feb.10/25
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Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest 3rd Edition by Bruce McCune and Linda Geiser is a game changer for my field identifications...cuts to the chase immediately with specific traits for differentiation...helped me with this Physcia dimidiata and many others
Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest 3rd Edition by Bruce McCune and Linda Geiser is a game changer for my field identifications...cuts to the chase immediately with specific traits for differentiation...helped me with this Physcia dimidiata and many others
January 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest 3rd Edition by Bruce McCune and Linda Geiser is a game changer for my field identifications...cuts to the chase immediately with specific traits for differentiation...helped me with this Physcia dimidiata and many others
Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest 3rd Edition by Bruce McCune and Linda Geiser is a game changer for my field identifications...cuts to the chase immediately with specific traits for differentiation...helped me with this Physcia dimidiata and many others
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Lecanora epanora, sounds like the name of a Spanish galleon...crustose, saxicolous, @268m, on vertical NW facing sheltered underhang of large boulder in Fraser Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada; Jan.15/25
Lecanora epanora, sounds like the name of a Spanish galleon...crustose, saxicolous, @268m, on vertical NW facing sheltered underhang of large boulder in Fraser Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada; Jan.15/25
January 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Lecanora epanora, sounds like the name of a Spanish galleon...crustose, saxicolous, @268m, on vertical NW facing sheltered underhang of large boulder in Fraser Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada; Jan.15/25
Lecanora epanora, sounds like the name of a Spanish galleon...crustose, saxicolous, @268m, on vertical NW facing sheltered underhang of large boulder in Fraser Valley, Southern Interior BC Canada; Jan.15/25