University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Lichen Collection (COLO-L)
Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries): J Ryan Allen, james.r.allen@colorado.edu (ORCID #:
0000-0002-4240-0809 )
Collection Manager (Loans and other inquires): Amber Horning, amber.horning@colorado.edu (ORCID #:
0000-0003-2639-6720 )
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 6 January 2026
Collection Statistics
105,911 specimen records
44,556 (42%) georeferenced
95,761 (90%) with images (110,874 total images) 97,849 (92%) identified to species 190 families 764 genera 7,199 species 7,320 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Ahtiana (8 ) Alectoria (422 ) Allantoparmelia (30 ) Allocetraria (107 ) Almbornia (2 ) Anzia (54 ) Arctocetraria (48 ) Arctoparmelia (175 ) Asahinea (62 ) Brodoa (132 ) Bryocaulon (123 ) Bryoria (726 ) Bulbothrix (48 ) Canomaculina (1 ) Canoparmelia (168 ) Cetraria (868 ) Cetrariastrum (106 ) Cetrariella (218 ) Cetrariopsis (2 ) Cetrelia (218 ) Cetreliopsis (2 ) Chondropsis (25 ) Coelocaulon (31 ) Coelopogon (3 ) Concamerella (3 ) Cornicularia (33 ) Crespoa (14 ) Dactylina (145 ) Esslingeriana (17 ) Evernia (422 ) Everniastrum (2 ) Everniopsis (20 ) Flavocetraria (482 ) Flavoparmelia (580 ) Flavopunctelia (354 ) Gowardia (87 ) Himantormia (4 ) Hypogymnia (1037 ) Hypotrachyna (546 ) Imshaugia (127 ) Kaernefeltia (52 ) Karoowia (29 ) Letharia (267 ) Lethariella (9 ) Masonhalea (67 ) Melanelia (223 ) Melanelixia (173 ) Melanohalea (562 ) Menegazzia (130 ) Montanelia (246 ) Myelochroa (188 ) Namakwa (5 ) Neofuscelia (105 ) Nephromopsis (25 ) Nesolechia (1 ) Neuropogon (36 ) Nodobryoria (45 ) Omphalodium (5 ) Omphalora (23 ) Oropogon (28 ) Pannoparmelia (13 ) Paraparmelia (4 ) Parmelaria (1 ) Parmelia (1149 ) Parmelina (152 ) Parmelinella (4 ) Parmelinopsis (9 ) Parmeliopsis (266 ) Parmotrema (1528 ) Phacopsis (7 ) Platismatia (381 ) Pleurosticta (60 ) Protoparmelia (146 ) Protousnea (7 ) Pseudephebe (255 ) Pseudevernia (311 ) Pseudoparmelia (46 ) Psiloparmelia (1 ) Punctelia (696 ) Relicina (30 ) Relicinopsis (3 ) Rimelia (2 ) Rimeliella (1 ) Squamaria (75 ) Sulcaria (14 ) Tuckermanella (85 ) Tuckermannopsis (367 ) Tuckermanopsis (17 ) Tuckneraria (12 ) Usnea (2101 ) Usnocetraria (59 ) Vulpicida (362 ) Xanthomaculina (32 ) Xanthoparmelia (1673 )
