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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
  • Athallia (135)
  • Blastenia (155)
  • Bryoplaca (114)
  • Calogaya (53)
  • Caloplaca (1237)
  • Erichansenia (3)
  • Flavoplaca (93)
  • Fulgensia (41)
  • Gyalolechia (408)
  • Kuettlingeria (3)
  • Leproplaca (24)
  • Pachypeltis (12)
  • Parvoplaca (58)
  • Polycauliona (381)
  • Pyrenodesmia (22)
  • Rufoplaca (82)
  • Rusavskia (423)
  • Seirophora (23)
  • Solitaria (29)
  • Squamulea (127)
  • Teloschistes (347)
  • Thamnonoma (4)
  • Wetmoreana (10)
  • Xanthocarpia (19)
  • Xanthomendoza (509)
  • Xanthoria (252)