Field Museum of Natural History (Botany) Lichen Collection

Sharon Grant1, Kate Webbink1, Matt von Konrat1, Thorsten Lumbsch1, Wyatt Gaswick2

1 Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, 60605, Chicago, United States; 2 Field Museum, 

Corresponding author(s): Sharon Grant (sgrant@fieldmuseum.org)Kate Webbink, Matt von Konrat (mvonkonrat@fieldmuseum.org)

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Abstract

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.

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen, Occurrence

General description

Additional information: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/field-museum-natural-history-conditions-and-suggested-norms-use-collections-data-and-images

Data published through GBIF: https://fmipt.fieldmuseum.org/ipt/resource?r=fmnh_lichens

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Global
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Field Museum of Natural History (Botany) Lichen Collection
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Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://fmipt.fieldmuseum.org/ipt/archive.do?r=fmnh_lichens
Publication date of data: 2022-12-21
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2012-07-09
Hierarchy level: Dataset