University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Lichen Collection (COLO-L)

The University of Colorado Lichen Database represents a snapshot of the one being served through the Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria Portal. (http://lichenportal.org/portal/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=41) This database may not be as up to date as the one housed at the Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria Portal.

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)

Homepage: https://botanydb.colorado.edu

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Last Update: 6 January 2026

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

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.)

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Taxon Distribution

Taxon Distribution

Agonimia (23)
Agonimiella (1)
Amphoridium (3)
Amphoroblastia (1)
Bagliettoa (27)
Catapyrenium (59)
Clavascidium (91)
Dermatocarpon (751)
Endocarpon (142)
Flakea (13)
Henrica (1)
Heteroplacidium (19)
Hydropunctaria (53)
Involucrocarpon (3)
Involucropyrenium (5)
Involucrothele (5)
Leucocarpia (1)
Mastodia (14)
Melanotheca (2)
Muellerella (12)
Neocatapyrenium (2)
Normandina (110)
Phaeospora (3)
Placidiopsis (2)
Placidium (198)
Placocarpus (7)
Placopyrenium (17)
Polyblastia (124)
Staurothele (404)
Thelidium (76)
Tichothecium (1)
Verrucaria (612)
Wahlenbergiella (8)
Willeya (17)