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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.)
Extra Statistics
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Taxon Distribution
  • Amandinea (7)
  • Anaptychia (312)
  • Buellia (417)
  • Buelliella (3)
  • Calicium (62)
  • Culbersonia (1)
  • Cyphelium (60)
  • Dimelaena (236)
  • Diploicia (13)
  • Diplotomma (1)
  • Dirinaria (64)
  • Hafellia (1)
  • Heterodermia (826)
  • Hyperphyscia (108)
  • Lecanora (1)
  • Mobergia (30)
  • Phaeophyscia (904)
  • Phaeorrhiza (91)
  • Physcia (1712)
  • Physciella (44)
  • Physconia (665)
  • Pyxine (59)
  • Rinodina (890)
  • Rinodinella (2)
  • Texosporium (3)
  • Thelomma (58)
  • Tholurna (11)
  • Tornabea (10)
  • Tornabenia (4)