Forgotten Flora Resources

Set of 3 CDs

Fungi, Lichens, Bryophytes   - sample pages; sample activity

Poster Titles (click on title to see image of poster)

(posters are 900 x 600mm with a thin protective coating)

Key to the Forgotten Flora  - An illustrated key to the Forgotten Flora

Taking a liking to Lichens  - Are lichens plants or fungi? Neither or both? What do they look like? Where do they occur?

Bryophytes - more than just moss  - What is the difference between a moss, a liverwort and a hornwort?

Where do Forgotten Flora grow?  - What are the little cups growing in the carpet of my car? Basic substrates of the Forgotten Flora: dung, rooftops, cars, carpets, tree trunks, trees and other habitats.

The whole fungus  - Is the mushroom I picked a fruit or the whole fungus? Where do fungi grow? How do they feed themselves?

More than mushrooms  - What is the difference between a cup fungus (Ascomycete) and a mushroom (Basidiomycete)? Where can the spores be found on different structures? What do the tissues look like microscopically?

Miniature forests and carpets  - What are the growth forms, leaf shapes and habitats of particular mosses?

Truffles – underground treasures  - What are they? Where do they occur? What eats truffles?

Invertebrates and the Forgotten Flora  - What animals are associated with bryophytes, fungi and lichens?

Poisonous mushrooms - Which poisonous mushroom kills flies? Which mushroom may have caused the symptoms displayed by ‘witches’ in the 17th century?