The Lichen Exchange Club of the British Isles

gegründet 1907 in Leicester
aufgelöst 1914 in Leicester


belegte Namensformen der Institution: ‹Exchange Club of British Lichens›

Gegründet durch Arthur Reginald Horwood (1879–1937).

«Horwood founded the Lichen Exchange Club, which ran from 1907 until 1914, and in 1913 he issued A Handlist of the Lichens of Great Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands.» [Lawley 2023: [50].]

«Mr Wade mentioned all persons who had worked on British lichens during this bleak period following the collapse of the Lichen Exchange Club which
floundered for lack of support.» [British Lichen Society Bulletin 40 (V.1977): 10.]

«In 1907, Arthur Reginald Horwood was responsible for establishing the Lichen Exchange Club of the British Isles, the first society devoted exclusively to lichens. Although its membership never exceeded 29, reports were published annually and specimen packets (bearing a distinctive mauve impression from an oval rubber stamp) were distributed between members. The Club ceased to function in 1914 [...].» [Seaward (2008): The British Lichen Society: Past, Present and Future, 49. — British Lichen Society Bulletin 102 (2008): 48–52.; Seaward (1978) in The Naturalist 103: 15.]

Mitglieder (zufällige Auswahl):
• Thomas Hebden, 1913 Distributor des Clubs. [The Naturalist 66, 787: 34, letzter Absatz, Z. 1.]
• Rev. Herbert Mann Livens (1860–ca. 1946) [Desmond (1994): Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists, [???].]
• Rev. Henry Peter Reader
• D. F. Parsons [Hurst (1922): East Wilshire Lichens. — The Wiltshire Magazine 42, 137 (XII.1922): [1].]
• Walter Watson
• British Museum (Herb. BM). [Return Br. Mus. 1911: 202, Zeile 6.]

Statistik:
1910: 29 Mitglieder, davon 18 aktiv, 1.013 Offerten eingereicht. [J. Bot. 49: 72.]





Christof Nikolaus Schröder