Michigan State University Herbarium Lichens

L Alan Prather; L. Alan Prather

doi:10.15468/mym4z7

Michigan State University Herbarium Lichens

Citation

Prather L A, Chansler M T, Prather L A (2020). Michigan State University Herbarium Lichens. Michigan State University Herbarium. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mym4z7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-11-19.

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.

Taxonomic Coverages

Most taxonomic groups are included

Lichinomycetes
rank: class
Lecanoromycetes
rank: class
Arthoniomycetes
rank: class
Dothideomycetes
rank: class
Eurotiomycetes
rank: class
Lichenomphalia
rank: genus
Multiclavula
rank: genus
Dictyonema
rank: genus

Geographic Coverages

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.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

L Alan Prather
originator
position: Director
Michigan State University Herbarium
Dept. of Plant Biology, 612 Wilson Road, Room 166
East Lansing
48824
MI
US
Telephone: +01 517-355-4695
email: alan@msu.edu
homepage: https://herbarium.natsci.msu.edu/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5815-2283

Matthew T Chansler
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Michigan State University Herbarium
Dept. of Plant Biology, 612 Wilson Road, Room 166
East Lansing
48824
MI
US
Telephone: +01 517-355-4695
email: drosera.capensis@gmail.com
homepage: https://herbarium.natsci.msu.edu/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7555-5527

L. Alan Prather
originator
position: Director and Curator
Michigan State University Herbarium
Dept. of Plant Biology, 612 Wilson Road, Room 166
East Lansing
48824
MI
US
Telephone: +01 517-355-4695
email: alan@msu.edu
homepage: https://herbarium.natsci.msu.edu/

David Bloom
programmer
position: Coordinator
VertNet
email: dbloom@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

John Wieczorek
programmer
position: Information Architect
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley
email: tuco@berkeley.edu

Bill Park
programmer
position: Information Technology Coordinator
Michigan State University Herbarium
Dept. of Plant Biology, 612 Wilson Road, Room 137A
East Lansing
48824
MI
US
Telephone: +01 517-325-3105
email: billy@plantbiology.msu.edu

Alan M Fryday
administrative point of contact
position: Associate Curator
Michigan State University Herbarium
Dept. of Plant Biology, 612 Wilson Road, Room 166
East Lansing
48824
MI
US
Telephone: +01 517-355-4696
email: fryday@msu.edu
homepage: https://herbarium.natsci.msu.edu/

L Alan Prather
administrative point of contact
position: Director
Michigan State University Herbarium
Dept. of Plant Biology, 612 Wilson Road, Room 166
East Lansing
48824
MI
US
Telephone: +01 517-355-4695
email: alan@msu.edu
homepage: https://herbarium.natsci.msu.edu/
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5815-2283