My fascination and love for lichens has at last blossomed and became useful thanks to the excellent guidance of Janet Simkin. She did not ‘make’ me bring this fallen branch into a loving home, but I think she was as happy to have these specimens of lichens of the unpolluted Sidwood as I am. You can see I have found a use for it as a beautiful Christmas tree. No need for gold spray or sparking tinsel. It is all there.