OBELISK

The Ohio Moss and Lichen Association (OMLA) newsletter is called the OBELISK, which stands for Ohio Bryology et Lichenology, Identification, Species, Knowledge.  In addition, the obelisk, found in most cemeteries provides a nice microhabitat for several species of lichens and mosses. William Starling Sullivant (1803-1873), considered by many to have been the Father of American Bryology, lies beneath the shadow of an obelisk in Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio. 

Here are all of the newsletters           published so far:         Issue 1 (June, 2005)         Issue 2 (January, 2006)         Issue 3 (January, 2007)         Issue 4 (December, 2007)         Issue 5 (December, 2008)

The inscription reads "William Starling Sullivant L.L.D. A Classical Scholar and Member of Various Learned  Societies in and Europe and America."