Moo to you too

Count me in. I've been doing a lot of fieldwork in bogs and fens over the last couple of years and the more time I spend in peatlands the more I love them!

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Absolutely! And I don't think the model has got less complex since then. But they are still using the 'blueprint' as a basic analogy, it's the understanding of the way the 'blueprint' is realised that is being rethought here.

If you look at this area here, I think you can see soredia, which you would never see on U. florida (just papillae).

Northern Ceredigion...

This is from Brodo, Sharnoff and Sharnoff, Lichens of North America.

Have you considered Xanthoria polycarpa? Presuming the specimen is from Idaho, it's within range.

Just a test... It looks like images are allowed in replies.

This is Sphagnum tenellum btw

I found a couple of thalli on my farm a few years ago. At the time it was the most northerly record in mainland Britain!

Welcome fellow bryophile!

Here's a wee posy of Sphagna for you... There's a bit of pap in there I think...