University of California Berkeley, University Herbarium (UC)

Curator of Lichens (principal contact): Klara Scharnagl, lichen_curator@berkeley.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-0002-1683)
Loans Management:: Ana Penny, apenny@berkeley.edu
Data Manager: Jason Alexander, jason_alexander@berkeley.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 April 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
University Herbarium
University of California - Berkeley
1001 Valley Life Sciences Building # 2465
Berkeley, California   94720-2465
United States
5106437008
lichen_curator@berkeley.edu
Collection Statistics
  • 59,251 specimen records
  • 8,697 (15%) georeferenced
  • 51,561 (87%) with images (65,895 total images)
  • 62 GenBank genetic references
  • 48,683 (82%) identified to species
  • 139 families
  • 613 genera
  • 3,673 species
  • 3,811 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Amandinea (150)
  • Anaptychia (118)
  • Buellia (696)
  • Calicium (136)
  • Chrismofulvea (3)
  • Cratiria (2)
  • Cyphelium (114)
  • Dimelaena (190)
  • Diploicia (20)
  • Diplotomma (76)
  • Dirinaria (137)
  • Endohyalina (1)
  • Gassicurtia (1)
  • Hafellia (1)
  • Heterodermia (332)
  • Hyperphyscia (44)
  • Leucodermia (23)
  • Mobergia (19)
  • Phaeophyscia (275)
  • Phaeorrhiza (6)
  • Physcia (1187)
  • Physciella (29)
  • Physconia (507)
  • Polyblastidium (1)
  • Pyxine (15)
  • Rinodina (451)
  • Rinodinella (1)
  • Tetramelas (2)
  • Texosporium (2)
  • Thelomma (122)
  • Tholurna (2)
  • Tornabea (1)