BLAM
BLAM was founded about 50 years ago to facilitate contact
BLAM Excursion and Annual Meeting 2021
Excursion
Annual General Meeting
Becoming a member
Membership is open to anyone, professional and amateur. Members receive the society's journal HERZOGIA and have the possibilty to join excursions (mainly to the Alps, Tatra, etc).
If you wish to join please contact the to the treasurer Dr. Martin Nebel, Wellingstraße 14, 70619 Stuttgart, Germany.
Annual subscription is 30 € (students and seniors 20 €).
Our society bulletin is been named Herzogiella
The first volume was published recently and mailed to all members. Editorial board: Stefan Kaufmann & Dietmar Teuber. Please mail manuscripts (excursion reports, species lists, comments on books, small papers dealing with lichens and/or bryophytes, notes on events etc.) to Dietmar Teuber before January 2021.
Purchasing publications
HERZOGIA (current or back issues) can be purchased by sending an E-mail to the treasurer Dr. Martin Nebel, Wellingstraße 14, 70619 Stuttgart
Our bank account details
Name beneficient: BryolLichenolArbeitsgem
Place beneficient: Bad Duerkheim Country beneficient: Germany
SWIFT/BIC: MALADE51DKH IBAN: DE49 5465 1240 0000 5793 00
Name of the bank: Sparkasse Rhein-Haardt
BLAM-Mailinglist blam-web
This is a mailinglist open for people interested in bryology and lichenology. Language is mainly German or English. For subscription, go to "blam-web"-Website (at University of Graz, Austria; English version available) and fill the form. You will be sent an email requesting confirmation. Once confirmation is received, your request will be held for approval by the list moderator. You will be notified of the moderator's decision by email. The list of members is not available to non-members.
Bryophyte and Lichen of the Year 2021
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus and Lecanora muralis are bryophyte and lichen of the year 2021 (text in German).
On the annual general meeting in 2004, BLAM members for the first time elected a lichen of the year. And since 2005, both a bryophyte and a lichen of the year are elected. Different themes were decisive for the selection of the respective mosses and lichens. For example, species were selected that benefit from global climate change or eutrophying nitrogen deposition into the atmosphere, thus drawing attention to the effects of these noxious agents.But the endangerment of many species as a result of the loss of their habitats was also an issue, as was the "nuisance" felt by some people when certain species "pollute" their gardens, sidewalk slabs or roof tiles - see the 2021 selection.
Look here for recent species of the year:
2008: Orthotrichum pulchellum und Letharia vulpina
2009: Leucobryum glaucum und Cladonia rangiferina
2010: Polytrichum commune und Dibaeis baeomyces
2011: Thuidium abietinum und Fulgensia fulgens
2012: Buxbaumia viridis und Lobaria pulmonaria
2013: Marchantia polymorpha und Peltigera didactyla
2014: Hedwigia ciliata und Rhizocarpon geographicum
2015: Schistostega pennata und Psilolechia lucida
2016: Sphagnum magellanicum und Icmadophila ericetorum
2017: Ctenidium molluscum und Variospora flavescens
2018: Bartramia pomiformis und Umbilicaria cylindrica
2019: Cryphaea heteromalla
2020: Ptilidium pulcherrimum und Cladonia digitata