Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University (FH)

The Farlow Herbarium houses nearly 1,400,000 specimens of lichenized and non-lichenized fungi, bryophytes, and algae. The collections are world-wide in scope; particular strengths are in bound, indexed exsiccatae, bryophytes and fungi from Asia, entomogenous fungi, Antarctic lichens, and special "authors" herbaria which contain many type specimens.

Contacts: Michaela Schmull, mschmull@oeb.harvard.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 6 March 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: President and Fellows of Harvard College
Access Rights: https://huh.harvard.edu/access-digital-reproductions-works-public-domain
Collection Statistics
  • 66,018 specimen records
  • 3,553 (5%) georeferenced
  • 58,068 (88%) with images (105,878 total images)
  • 58,445 (89%) identified to species
  • 156 families
  • 600 genera
  • 4,765 species
  • 4,793 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Ahtiana (28)
  • Alectoria (400)
  • Allantoparmelia (11)
  • Allocetraria (106)
  • Anzia (49)
  • Arctocetraria (17)
  • Arctoparmelia (89)
  • Asahinea (12)
  • Brodoa (6)
  • Bryocaulon (22)
  • Bryoria (452)
  • Bulbothrix (18)
  • Canomaculina (1)
  • Canoparmelia (51)
  • Cavernularia (6)
  • Cetraria (495)
  • Cetrariella (95)
  • Cetrelia (76)
  • Coelocaulon (12)
  • Cornicularia (17)
  • Dactylina (89)
  • Esslingeriana (7)
  • Evernia (298)
  • Everniastrum (21)
  • Flavocetraria (229)
  • Flavoparmelia (286)
  • Flavopunctelia (75)
  • Hypogymnia (2)
  • Hypotrachyna (63)
  • Imshaugia (127)
  • Kaernefeltia (52)
  • Letharia (251)
  • Lichen (5)
  • Masonhalea (24)
  • Melanelia (79)
  • Melanelixia (145)
  • Melanohalea (161)
  • Menegazzia (48)
  • Montanelia (58)
  • Nephromopsis (71)
  • Neuropogon (1)
  • Nodobryoria (2)
  • Omphalodium (16)
  • Oropogon (11)
  • Parmelia (1104)
  • Parmelina (29)
  • Parmelinopsis (14)
  • Parmeliopsis (172)
  • Parmotrema (697)
  • Platismatia (358)
  • Protoparmelia (26)
  • Pseudephebe (49)
  • Pseudevernia (155)
  • Pseudoparmelia (24)
  • Punctelia (294)
  • Relicina (3)
  • Rimelia (1)
  • Sulcaria (1)
  • Tuckermanella (3)
  • Tuckermannopsis (397)
  • Usnea (1467)
  • Usnocetraria (1)
  • Vulpicida (211)
  • Xanthoparmelia (496)