Name: Lichens of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument - Friday Night Talk
Start: 2025-02-21T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-02-21T19:30:00-08:00
Location: Ashland Food Co-op Community Classroom

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Lichens are very common in southern Oregon. They are found on natural and man-made features including across rock surfaces, festooning from tree branches, speckling the sidewalks in town, and on (and within) many other substrates. However, they are often overlooked. We will discuss what lichens are, how they interact with their surroundings, and basic identification of different types, including some we will see on the snowshoe hike the following day. We hope you leave you with a better understanding and appreciation of these fascinating organisms.
Scot Loring, FCSNM Board Member, has been working as a botanist / mycologist throughout Oregon since 1994, conducting various research, inventory, rare species survey, and monitoring projects. He is a consultant for various entities including the Medford District BLM. He led a botanical survey which included the majority of CSNM which resulted in the discovery of many previously unknown rare vascular plant, non-vascular plant, and lichen occurrences, and species previously unknown from the Monument. He has discovered species of fungi, lichens, and plants new to science, including two new genera. He is a Pacific Northwest native, and graduated from The Evergreen State College.