University of Tennessee Lichen Herbarium (TENN)

Our lichen collection is strongly representative of the southeastern U.S., chiefly Tennessee and the southern Appalachians.

Collections Manager: Margaret Oliver, molive18@utk.edu
Herbarium Director: Dr. Jessica Budke, jbudke@utk.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: c04ce95d-61fb-4708-b6b0-77c2eaf24cc1
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 8,542 specimen records
  • 6,842 (80%) georeferenced
  • 8,486 (99%) with images (10,722 total images)
  • 7,627 (89%) identified to species
  • 79 families
  • 211 genera
  • 1,360 species
  • 1,394 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Alectoria (116)
  • Anzia (36)
  • Asahinea (14)
  • Bryoria (8)
  • Bulbothrix (3)
  • Canoparmelia (6)
  • Cetraria (354)
  • Cetrelia (29)
  • Chondropsis (1)
  • Cornicularia (17)
  • Dactylina (15)
  • Evernia (36)
  • Everniastrum (3)
  • Hypogymnia (81)
  • Hypotrachyna (4)
  • Imshaugia (1)
  • Letharia (25)
  • Melanelia (1)
  • Melanohalea (1)
  • Menegazzia (18)
  • Nephromopsis (3)
  • Nesolechia (1)
  • Oropogon (1)
  • Parmelia (1038)
  • Parmelina (5)
  • Parmeliopsis (48)
  • Parmotrema (52)
  • Platismatia (79)
  • Protousnea (2)
  • Pseudevernia (77)
  • Pseudoparmelia (12)
  • Punctelia (5)
  • Tuckermanopsis (1)
  • Usnea (70)
  • Vulpicida (1)
  • Xanthoparmelia (4)