Erik Acharius lichen collection

Sanna Laine

doi:10.15468/17xl01

Erik Acharius lichen collection

Citation

Laine S, Saarenmaa H (2024). Erik Acharius lichen collection. Version 4.7. Finnish Museum of Natural History. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/17xl01 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-15.

Description

Acharius Herbarium (H-ACH) is separately kept at the Botanical Museum of the Finnish Museum of Natural History. It includes about 5500 specimens of lichens, brought together by the Swedish lichenologist Erik Acharius (1757-1819). Acharius, a pupil of Carl von Linné, was a Swedish physician, professor and knight and is known as the "Father of Lichenology". The collection is one of the most significant biological collections in our university. It contains hundreds of type specimens, including those described in Acharius's book "Lichenographia Universalis" (1810). No loans are normally sent out from this collection but visitors are allowed to study and photograph the material. The material primarily derives from Sweden, but also from other countries. It was bought from Sweden in 1834.

Taxonomic Coverages

Fungi
rank: kingdom
Lichens
rank: phylum

Geographic Coverages

Worldwide

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Sanna Laine
originator
position: Research Assistant
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Unioninkatu 44
Helsinki
00014
FI
Telephone: +358-9-1911
email: sanna.laine@helsinki.fi
homepage: http://www.luomus.fi/

Hannu Saarenmaa
metadata author
position: Project Manager
Digitisation Centre of the Finnish Museum of Natural History and the University of Eastern Finland
Länsikatu 15
Joensuu
80101
FI
Telephone: +358-50-4779668
email: hannu.saarenmaa@uef.fi
homepage: http://www.digitarium.fi/

Soili Stenroos
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
Finnish Museum of Natural History
Unioninkatu 44
Helsinki
00014
FI
Telephone: +358-9-1911
email: soili.stenroos@helsinki.fi
homepage: http://www.luomus.fi/