Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Cryptogams (PC)

The herbarium of the museum, referred to by code PC, includes a large number of important collections amongst its 2 000 000 cryptogams (algae, bryophyta, fungi and lichens) specimens. These collections are constitued by a general herbarium and numerous particular collections. Among these last, Allorge, Bescherelle, Bourdot & Galzin, Heim, Hue, Montagne, Romagnesi, Sauvageau, Thuret & Bornet herbaria.
Curator: Bruno Dennetière
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 4 December 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY (Attribution)
Collection Statistics
  • 34,710 specimen records
  • 343 (0.99%) georeferenced
  • 26,834 (77%) identified to species
  • 100 families
  • 392 genera
  • 4,931 species
  • 5,657 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Allographa (38)
  • Ampliotrema (2)
  • Anomomorpha (2)
  • Chapsa (4)
  • Chroodiscus (1)
  • Clandestinotrema (8)
  • Diorygma (29)
  • Diploschistes (1)
  • Dyplolabia (3)
  • Emblemia (1)
  • Fissurina (27)
  • Glyphis (56)
  • Graphina (11)
  • Graphis (122)
  • Jocatoa (2)
  • Leiogramma (2)
  • Leucodecton (1)
  • Medusula (18)
  • Myriotrema (20)
  • Ocellularia (49)
  • Oxystoma (2)
  • Phaeographina (1)
  • Phaeographis (72)
  • Platygramma (2)
  • Platygramme (4)
  • Platygrapha (3)
  • Platythecium (13)
  • Redingeria (1)
  • Rhabdodiscus (4)
  • Sanguinotrema (2)
  • Sarcographa (13)
  • Thalloloma (4)
  • Thelotrema (78)
  • Urceolaria (136)
  • Ustalia (23)