Description
The lichen collection of the Michigan State University Herbarium (MSC) totals over 150,000 accessioned specimens from many regions of the world. The herbarium maintains over 10,000 exsiccati specimens, many of which are not otherwise available in North America. This extensive collection was assembled largely through the efforts of Dr. Henry A. Imshaug, the curator of the Cryptogamic Herbarium from 1958-1990.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 116,417 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Prather L A (2020): Michigan State University Herbarium Lichens. v6.3. Michigan State University Herbarium. Dataset/Occurrence. https://doi.org/10.15468/mym4z7
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Michigan State University Herbarium. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 84797ee6-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a. Michigan State University Herbarium publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by U.S. Geological Survey.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5815-2283
- Metadata Provider
- Originator
- Programmer
- Metadata Provider
Geographic Coverage
Specifically, there are excellent holdings from North America (Eastern seaboard of the US and Canada, Great Lakes region, the Pacific Coast of Canada and SE Alaska, and alpine areas of the Rocky Mountains), southern South America, (Falkland Islands, Juan Fernandez Islands, Tierra del Fuego, Isla de los Estados, Brunswick Peninsula, Straights of Magellan), New Zealand (South Island, Campbell Island, Auckland Islands), the Kerguelen Islands, the Caribbean Islands and the Canary Islands.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Most taxonomic groups are included
| Class | Lichinomycetes, Lecanoromycetes, Arthoniomycetes, Dothideomycetes, Eurotiomycetes |
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| Genus | Lichenomphalia, Multiclavula, Dictyonema |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1803-01-01 / 2014-01-01 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Computerization of the Lichen Collection at the Michigan State University Herbarium |
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| Funding | NSF: DBI-0237401 |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
Collection Data
| Collection Name | Michigan State University Herbarium lichen collection |
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| Collection Identifier | MSC |
| Parent Collection Identifier | Michigan State University Herbarium |
| Specimen preservation methods | Dried |
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| Curatorial Units | Count 115,000 +/- 1,000 specimens |
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Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 84797ee6-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a |
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| http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=msc_lichens |