Sausage Beard-lichen Usnea articulata seems to be spreading after a period of decline.
Natural Resources Wales are looking for records of this species from South and West Wales. An excellent poster which will help you identify it and how to report it can be obtained from this link. Sausage Beard-lichen Info Sheet.
This is the first such circular we have received carrying the Natural Resources Wales logo.
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