'Extinct' lichen found in orchard


	'Extinct' lichen found in orchard

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12-24-2007 2:59 PM

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12-24-2007 4:30 PM

Joseph48

The article says that this lichen is usually found in "dry, sunny climates". Never been to Cornwall (or the UK) but one doesn't associate Cornwall with dry, sunny climates. Hmmmmm.

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<FONT size="2">The golden eye lichen, which was once  common across southern England, was last seen in Cornwall in 1998.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hereford/worcs/7155780.stm"><P><FONT size="2">The charity Plantlife said the new location was being kept secret to ensure the lichen's safety.
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<FONT size="2">Air pollution, fertiliser use and fewer orchards were blamed for it dying out but climate change could explain its reappearance, some scientists say.
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<FONT size="2">The golden eye lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus) is normally found in dry, sunny climates including Madeira, parts of North America, Australia and New Zealand.</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hereford/worcs/7155780.stm"><P><FONT size="2">It had last been spotted in Cornwall on a blackthorn bush, while the last recorded sighting prior to that was in Devon in 1966.
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