Lichen Book

2002-03-08 Thread Ron Parker
I just read a review of a book about lichens in a recent Science magazine. This is not a book about lichen dyeing, but about lichens. So, any of you who is interested in lichens for their own sake, this seems perfect - at least for North America. The photographs are beautiful enough that maybe

Re: Lichen Book

2002-03-08 Thread Robin Murphy
Ron wrote: > maybe even licking lichens isn't essential. You > can just leave it on the coffee table. Hmmm I thought you had to lick toads, and smoke lichens. Robin Murphy, in the Northwoods of Wisconsin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.InTheNorthwoods.eboard.com To stop mail temporarily m

Re: Lichen Book

2002-03-08 Thread Robin Hankinson
Ron said: >maybe even licking lichens isn't essential Frankly I've never even considered licking a lichen. I'm guessing you meant that "even lichen lichens isn't essential"? = "Well behaved women seldom make history." (Laurel Thatcher Ulrich) "Those of us who spent time in the agr

Re: Lichen Book

2002-03-08 Thread Ron Parker
At 07:10 -0600 N. hemisphere time on 020308 Robin Murphy sent: >Hmmm I thought you had to lick toads, and smoke lichens. I like toads, but I never thought of licking one. Aren't toads supposed to be kissed by princesses? As for smoking lichens, that's not likely, At 05:26 -0800 N. hem

Re: Lichen Book

2002-03-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ron Parker wrote: The photographs are > beautiful enough that maybe even licking lichens isn't essential. Is this like licking frogs? To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail

Re: Lichen Book

2002-03-08 Thread Ron Parker
At 09:58 -0500 N. hemisphere time on 020308 [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: >Ron Parker wrote: > The photographs are >> beautiful enough that maybe even licking lichens isn't essential. > >Is this like licking frogs? I understand it is similar, but with lichens your tongue can stick, and possibly cau

Re: Lichen Book

2002-03-08 Thread Teresa Tillman
> Lichens of North America > Brodo, I., Sharnoff, S., and Sharnoff, S., 2001 > Yale University Press, 819 p. ISBN 0-300-08249-5 > $69.95 (Amazon has it for $48.96) I just purchased this book (from Amazon) and it is BEAUTIFUL It's large format, 10"x11.5"x2.5" and weighs a ton. The photographs

Re: Lichen Book

2002-03-08 Thread Ron Parker
At 15:47 -0800 N. hemisphere time on 020308 Teresa Tillman sent: > > Lichens of North America >> Brodo, I., Sharnoff, S., and Sharnoff, S., 2001 >> Yale University Press, 819 p. ISBN 0-300-08249-5 >> $69.95 (Amazon has it for $48.96) > > I just purchased this book (from Amazon) and it is BEA

Re: Lichen Book

2002-03-08 Thread D2Williams
>> I immediately tore out the page so I could carry in home to send to FiberNet. << Tsk. Tsk. One of my pet peeves. I hate it when people tear things out of books, leaving others of us to wonder if maybe we might not have been interested in the same information. That's why there's copy mach

Re: Lichen Book

2002-03-09 Thread Ron Parker
At 17:22 -0500 N. hemisphere time on 020308 D2Williams sent: > >> I immediately tore out the page so I could carry in home >to send to FiberNet. << > Tsk. Tsk. > >One of my pet peeves. I hate it when people tear things out of books, >leaving others of us to wonder if maybe we might not have bee