BLS Resources

This section includes various useful resources.

There are pages on BLS Publications  and   Items for Sale , with details of how to order them, and a page on the BLS Library from which books and other published and non-published items can be borrowed.

The page on Herbaria  explains the different types of specimens held and lists the main herbaria in Britain and Ireland. The BLS has its own collection from which specimens are lent out, a valuable resource for beginners.

The Taxon Dictionary  is a searchable database of lichen names, old and new, which links synonyms to their modern equivalents and also includes the latest conservation statuses.

The Species Accounts included here are just the first of many. In time we hope that the accounts previously published in the fascicles will be updated and put online in this form, but it will take a while.

The Learning Zone offers ideas for lichen-related projects for both school and university-level students and their teachers.

Useful Links provides links to other websites that may be useful. The BLS can take no responsibility for the content of these sites!