Description
The mycology collection at The Field Museum is a major resource for studies in evolution, systematics, and biodiversity of fungi and lichens and conservation of their habitats. It consists of currently over 200,000 specimens with world-wide coverage and broad taxonomic representation. It is rich in type collections, especially of neotropical taxa and historical types from North America, Europe, and Asia.
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GBIF Registration
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Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
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http://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0201-732X
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Geographic Coverage
Global
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Additional Metadata
https://www.fieldmuseum.org/field-museum-natural-history-conditions-and-suggested-norms-use-collections-data-and-images
| Alternative Identifiers | aec6d756-3aa8-465e-83fd-4f6ee83e693e |
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| https://fmipt.fieldmuseum.org/ipt/resource?r=fmnh_lichens |