I was recently trying to start a project for lichens of my area and ran into a problem: “Lichens” are polyphyletic and I had no idea which phyla of fungi to include in the project. The existing lichen project for lichens in that area had apparently encountered the same problem and had just simply …

This is a question that’s been raised a number of times before with regard to lichens, mangroves, moths, and more. The upshot is that it’s not going to be implemented and that instead the way to do it is to make a project that filters for specific species, which has been done for lichens and mangro…

One workaround is a project. Everyone knows what a tree is? https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/trees-of-southern-africa-id https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/lichens-of-southern-africa

Thank you. Yes, I did want to create such a project, but it was precisely the lack of a group of all lichens that stopped me at the time. (I’m still planning on starting the project, but I want to learn more about lichen taxonomy in advance as I don’t just blindly want to copy a filter list off of …

Thanks for the links! :) It’s a bit unfortunate (at least for the lazy parts of my brain haha), but I can understand the reasoning of not implementing this, even if I may not fully agree with it.

Non-scientific groupings as a practical tool for identification and projects

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