Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University (LSU-Lichens)

Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University, Lichen Collection: ca. 44,000 specimens, particularly from Louisiana, California, throughout North America, and worldwide. Created largely through exchange and collections by Shirley C. Tucker.
Contacts: Jennifer S. Kluse, Collections Manager, jkluse@lsu.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 277e00e1-6282-4ebb-a164-1733d04c99fc
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium
Louisiana State University
131 Life Sciences Bldg.
Dept. of Biological Sciences
Baton Rouge, LA   70803
USA
225-578-8564
Collection Statistics
  • 40,877 specimen records
  • 39,725 (97%) georeferenced
  • 40,794 (100%) with images (49,879 total images)
  • 40,080 (98%) identified to species
  • 150 families
  • 518 genera
  • 4,142 species
  • 4,372 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Amphoridium (1)
  • Bagliettoa (2)
  • Catapyrenium (1)
  • Dermatocarpon (98)
  • Endocarpon (21)
  • Normandina (41)
  • Placidium (82)
  • Placopyrenium (2)
  • Polyblastia (7)
  • Psoroglaena (3)
  • Sporodictyon (1)
  • Staurothele (37)
  • Thelidium (6)
  • Verrucaria (111)