Dr Paul Lister Smith BSc MCIEEM CEnv - Botanical Investigations

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Paul with Earth Science undergraduates studying high altitude Canarian montane scrub.

Photo courtesy of James Ward

AWARDS


Rose Bracher Prize, School of Biological Sciences,
University of Bristol 1981
Third Year Geoscience Lecturer Award, School of Earth Sciences,
University of Bristol 2017

Wildlife Hero Award, Worcestershire Wildlife Trust 2018

Wildlife Hero Award

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Paul examining the luminous liverwort Cyathodium, in a man-made cave in Deraniyagala, Sri Lanka

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Image: A small sand dune fungus , winter stalkball (Tulostoma brumale) that appears to have a symbiotic relationship with the dune moss Syntrichia ruralis ssp. ruraliformis. Paul designed a sand dune habitat as part of a translocation procedure for these two species at Attenborough Lakes SSSI. The situation is under monitoring.

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Images: Clockwise from top left: Bryophilous fungus Bryostroma trichostomi on leaf of the moss Didymodon fallax, asci of fungus, cleistothecia on leaves of Syntrichia intermedia, single spore of fungus.