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
  • Acroscyphus (2)
  • Anaptychia (222)
  • Arthonia (5)
  • Buellia (64)
  • Buelliella (1)
  • Calicium (6)
  • Cypheliopsis (1)
  • Dirinaria (15)
  • Heterodermia (65)
  • Hyperphyscia (6)
  • Leptogium (1)
  • Phaeophyscia (46)
  • Physcia (118)
  • Physconia (4)
  • Rinodina (31)