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Article: Rare lichen found near Waltham.
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- Melton Times & Citizen (Melton Mowbray, England)
- Article date:
- April 12, 2007
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A routine environmental survey has uncovered a rare type of lichen, usually found in the Himalayas, near Waltham.
Leicestershire County Council highways design engineer Lisa Bateman was investigating proposed repairs to a damaged culvert, and discovered the possibility of rare mosses and lichens in the area.
She called in lichenologist Ivan Pedley who discovered a bright orange lichen living on the brickwork of the culvert.
He was able to identify it as the Sunburst Lichen or Xanthoria ...