University of California Berkeley, University Herbarium (UC)

Curator of Lichens (principal contact): Klara Scharnagl, lichen_curator@berkeley.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-0002-1683)
Loans Management:: Ana Penny, apenny@berkeley.edu
Data Manager: Jason Alexander, jason_alexander@berkeley.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 7 June 2022
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
University Herbarium
University of California - Berkeley
1001 Valley Life Sciences Building # 2465
Berkeley, California   94720-2465
United States
5106437008
lichen_curator@berkeley.edu
Collection Statistics
  • 55,604 specimen records
  • 495 (0.89%) georeferenced
  • 51,561 (93%) with images (65,895 total images)
  • 62 GenBank genetic references
  • 45,394 (82%) identified to species
  • 132 families
  • 568 genera
  • 3,254 species
  • 3,389 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Agonimia (2)
  • Bagliettoa (6)
  • Catapyrenium (231)
  • Clavascidium (25)
  • Dermatocarpon (397)
  • Endocarpon (175)
  • Heterocarpon (2)
  • Hydropunctaria (24)
  • Involucropyrenium (1)
  • Mastodia (2)
  • Melanotheca (3)
  • Muellerella (2)
  • Normandina (27)
  • Phylloblastia (6)
  • Placidiopsis (16)
  • Placidium (137)
  • Placopyrenium (21)
  • Polyblastia (5)
  • Sarcopyrenia (1)
  • Sporodictyon (1)
  • Staurothele (202)
  • Thelidium (13)
  • Verrucaria (315)
  • Wahlenbergiella (11)