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LISU Lichen collection

Citation

Carvalho P, Figueira R (2020). LISU Lichen collection. Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/5yoywc accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-14.

Description

Herbarium LISU was established in 1839 as part of Escola Politécnica, but its collections include earlier material from the Ajuda Royal Cabinet The Lichen Collection available through this resource includes about 3540 records of preserved specimens from Portugal, maintained at the LISU Herbarium, and collected from the period 1848-2007. The total number of lichen specimens existing in the herbarium is about 51000, and includes the Carlos N. Tavares collection. The digitising process is ongoing, which will result in new additions to this resource in the near future.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

All lichen specimens were identified to genus or species.
  1. Fungi
    rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

The specimens were collected on Portugal mainland

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Palmira Carvalho
originator
position: Lichens curator
MNHNC
Lisboa
PT
email: pgcarvalho@museus.ulisboa.pt
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3661-6272
Rui Figueira
metadata author
position: Researcher
Instituto Superior de Agronomia
Lisboa
PT
email: ruifigueira@isa.ulisboa.pt
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8351-4028
Palmira Carvalho
metadata author
position: Lichens curator
MNHNC
Lisboa
PT
email: pgcarvalho@museus.ulisboa.pt
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3661-6272
Palmira Carvalho
administrative point of contact
position: Lichens curator
MNHNC
Lisboa
PT
email: pgcarvalho@museus.ulisboa.pt
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3661-6272
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