Upcoming Forays of the Ohio Moss and Lichen Association

2009 OMLA EVENTS

Winter workshop and annual meeting  - will be February 21’st, 9:00 – 4:00 at the Ohio State University Museum of Bioligical Diversity.  Bring your difficult specimens for help with identification.  Lunch will be provided. For RSVP and directions, contact Cynthia Dassler at dassler.1@osu.edu. 

Summer Foray – Saturday, July 18’th.  We will visit Darke County and do a ‘blitz’ type foray, splitting into groups and collecting as many sites as possible. One of the purposes of the OMLA is to contribute to the knowledge of bryophyte and lichen distribution in Ohio.  Darke County is very undercollected with only 8 bryophytes and 11 lichens reported.  Barb Andreas will be arranging locations to collect and will send out further details as the time approaches. 

Fall Foray will be on September 19-20 and will visit locations in Meigs County.  The bryophytes of Meigs County are undercollected – only 50 species.  We should be able to double this number on the Foray.  The lichens are fairly well known with 98 species of macrolichens reported.  This will be an opportunity to collect a variety of lichens for your herbarium.  Ray Showman is planning the event and will send out a detailed announcement in late summer.