They shall enjoy the same benefits as ordinary members but shall pay no subscription. Ordinary members shall be persons who have signed the form of membership and paid the subscription. Ordinary members aged 60 or over may pay a life subscription of ten times the current annual subscription. Associate members shall enjoy the benefits of ordinary members, except that they shall not receive the Lichenologist. Junior Associate membership shall be open to either full-time students or persons under the age of 18, and Senior Associate membership for persons over 60.
Family members receive no publications and have no voting rights.
Members under the age of 18 are not eligible to vote at a General Meeting or serve on council. A member so removed shall forfeit any claim upon the Society. The rate of the ordinary and associate subscriptions shall be determined, as and when necessary, at a general meeting of the Society by a majority vote of those present and voting. Subscriptions shall be payable in advance on 1st January each year. Members who have not paid current subscription will not receive publications, and the Council has the power to remove them from membership.