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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: 6 November 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 105,131 specimen records
  • 44,549 (42%) georeferenced
  • 95,881 (91%) with images (220,048 total images)
  • 97,236 (92%) identified to species
  • 190 families
  • 764 genera
  • 7,205 species
  • 7,326 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Ahtiana (8)
  • Alectoria (421)
  • Allantoparmelia (30)
  • Allocetraria (106)
  • Almbornia (2)
  • Anzia (54)
  • Arctocetraria (48)
  • Arctoparmelia (175)
  • Asahinea (62)
  • Brodoa (132)
  • Bryocaulon (123)
  • Bryoria (719)
  • Bulbothrix (48)
  • Canomaculina (1)
  • Canoparmelia (168)
  • Cetraria (863)
  • Cetrariastrum (106)
  • Cetrariella (218)
  • Cetrariopsis (2)
  • Cetrelia (218)
  • Cetreliopsis (2)
  • Chondropsis (25)
  • Coelocaulon (31)
  • Coelopogon (3)
  • Concamerella (3)
  • Cornicularia (33)
  • Crespoa (14)
  • Dactylina (145)
  • Esslingeriana (17)
  • Evernia (422)
  • Everniastrum (2)
  • Everniopsis (20)
  • Flavocetraria (481)
  • Flavoparmelia (578)
  • Flavopunctelia (350)
  • Gowardia (87)
  • Himantormia (4)
  • Hypogymnia (1028)
  • Hypotrachyna (546)
  • Imshaugia (127)
  • Kaernefeltia (52)
  • Karoowia (29)
  • Letharia (264)
  • Lethariella (9)
  • Masonhalea (67)
  • Melanelia (223)
  • Melanelixia (215)
  • Melanohalea (551)
  • Menegazzia (130)
  • Montanelia (244)
  • Myelochroa (188)
  • Namakwa (5)
  • Neofuscelia (105)
  • Nephromopsis (25)
  • Nesolechia (1)
  • Neuropogon (36)
  • Nodobryoria (45)
  • Omphalodium (5)
  • Omphalora (22)
  • Oropogon (28)
  • Pannoparmelia (13)
  • Paraparmelia (4)
  • Parmelaria (1)
  • Parmelia (1142)
  • Parmelina (152)
  • Parmelinella (4)
  • Parmelinopsis (9)
  • Parmeliopsis (264)
  • Parmotrema (1528)
  • Phacopsis (7)
  • Platismatia (381)
  • Pleurosticta (60)
  • Protoparmelia (144)
  • Protousnea (7)
  • Pseudephebe (254)
  • Pseudevernia (309)
  • Pseudoparmelia (46)
  • Psiloparmelia (1)
  • Punctelia (692)
  • Relicina (30)
  • Relicinopsis (3)
  • Rimelia (2)
  • Rimeliella (1)
  • Squamaria (75)
  • Sulcaria (14)
  • Tuckermanella (85)
  • Tuckermannopsis (367)
  • Tuckermanopsis (17)
  • Tuckneraria (12)
  • Usnea (2079)
  • Usnocetraria (59)
  • Vulpicida (361)
  • Xanthomaculina (32)
  • Xanthoparmelia (1654)