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: 3 September 2026

Digital Metadata: EML File

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

Collection Statistics

107,960 specimen records
44,771 (41%) georeferenced
95,731 (89%) with images (110,870 total images)
98,651 (91%) identified to species
170 families
764 genera
7,198 species
7,319 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Taxon Distribution

Taxon Distribution

Agonimia (27)
Agonimiella (1)
Amphoridium (3)
Amphoroblastia (1)
Bagliettoa (28)
Catapyrenium (60)
Clavascidium (91)
Dermatocarpon (760)
Endocarpon (147)
Flakea (13)
Henrica (1)
Heteroplacidium (22)
Hydropunctaria (53)
Involucrocarpon (3)
Involucropyrenium (5)
Involucrothele (5)
Leucocarpia (1)
Mastodia (14)
Muellerella (16)
Neocatapyrenium (2)
Normandina (110)
Phaeospora (3)
Placidiopsis (2)
Placidium (199)
Placocarpus (7)
Placopyrenium (17)
Polyblastia (126)
Staurothele (419)
Thelidium (78)
Tichothecium (1)
Verrucaria (648)
Wahlenbergiella (8)
Willeya (17)