University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Lichen Collection (COLO-L)

The University of Colorado Lichen Database represents a snapshot of the one being served through the Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria Portal. (http://lichenportal.org/portal/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=41) This database may not be as up to date as the one housed at the Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria Portal.

Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries): J Ryan Allen, james.r.allen@colorado.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-4240-0809)

Collection Manager (Loans and other inquires): Amber Horning, amber.horning@colorado.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0003-2639-6720)

Homepage: https://botanydb.colorado.edu

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Last Update: 15 May 2025

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Collection Statistics

103,684 specimen records
43,683 (42%) georeferenced
95,192 (92%) with images (211,240 total images)
96,096 (93%) identified to species
186 families
765 genera
7,208 species
7,329 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Taxon Distribution

Acanthothecis (15)
Anomomorpha (4)
Asterothyrium (1)
Aulaxina (2)
Chapsa (1)
Chroodiscus (7)
Cyclographina (2)
Diorygma (6)
Diploschistes (547)
Dyplolabia (27)
Fibrillithecis (1)
Fissurina (73)
Glyphis (70)
Graphina (42)
Graphis (411)
Gyalectidium (2)
Gyalidea (2)
Gyalideopsis (4)
Heiomasia (1)
Lecanactis (3)
Leiorreuma (15)
Leptotrema (14)
Leucodecton (26)
Medusulina (5)
Myriotrema (68)
Nadvornikia (49)
Ocellularia (59)
Opegrapha (4)
Phaeographina (14)
Phaeographis (107)
Phaeotrema (12)
Platygramme (8)
Platythecium (2)
Reimnitzia (8)
Rhabdodiscus (4)
Sagiolechia (4)
Sanguinotrema (4)
Sarcographa (18)
Schistophoron (7)
Thalloloma (2)
Thecaria (1)
Thelotrema (143)