The lichen collection of Boris Achtarov herbarium (BNHM)
Citation
Palpurina S (2024). The lichen collection of Boris Achtarov herbarium (BNHM). Version 1.13. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/7jbj7j accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.Description
Boris Achtarov herbarium at the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia is a young herbarium that has been registered in Index Herbariorum under the acronym BNHM since 2021. It currently contains two separate collections — vascular plants and lichens. The lichenological collection is registered in GRSciColl under the code BG-NMNHS-MYC and uses this code as a prefix for its catalogue numbers. Currently, it contains just Bozhana Zhelezova's collection donated to the museum in the 1980s. This collection of ~3500 specimens consists mostly of lichens collected on the territory of Bulgaria, plus exchanged gift vouchers from Eurasia.
Until 2020 the lichenological collection was stored in boxes in the museum's attic. In 2020 the entire collection was moved to a newly built depot, with proper air-conditioning or humidity control. The renovation of the depot was funded by DiSSco-BG.
Digitisation of the herbarium specimens has been underway since 2022 as part of the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) in Bulgaria (DiSSCo-BG). The lichenological collection is now completely transcribed, almost completely georeferenced, and is currently going through the process of high-quality imaging and data quality checks.
Sampling Description
Study Extent
The area covered by the collection, mainly Bulgaria, but also Central Europe and Russia.Sampling
Up to the year 1983, most of the lichen specimens were mainly collected during the fieldwork of Bozhana Zhelezova (1950-1983) in different parts of Bulgaria, and only some through her exchange of materials with foreign experts (materials from the year 1882 onwards).Quality Control
Reviewing flags in GBIF and checking regularly the database using specifically designed queries in Specify 7 for detecting missing or unusual values.Method steps
- The lichenological collection of Bozhana Zhelezova was first digitised by transcribing the information (taxon, date of collection, and locality) available in catalogue books using Specify 7 so that we keep the same numbering between the original catalogues and the catalogue number in Specify. (For example, voucher #1 in the catalogue book is currenttly digised under the number BG-NMNHS-MYC-000000000001).
- The so transcribed information was cross-checked with the information on voucher labels, with wrong or missing information being subsequently corrected (Taxon, Date, Locality) or added (e.g. Leg/Det).
- The was then downloaded and mapped to DarwinCode format using an R script available in GitHub here.
Taxonomic Coverages
Lichenized fungi
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Incertae sedisrank: class
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Caliciaceaerank: family
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Candelariaceaerank: family
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Eurotiomycetesrank: class
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Pannariaceaerank: family
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Naetrocymbaceaerank: family
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Cladoniaceaerank: family
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Stictidaceaerank: family
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Lecanoromycetesrank: class
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Baeomycetaceaerank: family
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Phlyctidaceaerank: family
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Tephromelataceaerank: family
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Coenogoniaceaerank: family
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Trypetheliaceaerank: family
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Thelocarpaceaerank: family
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Teloschistaceaerank: family
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Umbilicariaceaerank: family
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Fuscideaceaerank: family
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Arthrorhaphidaceaerank: family
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Peltigeraceaerank: family
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Monoblastiaceaerank: family
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Sclerococcaceaerank: family
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Arthoniaceaerank: family
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Hymeneliaceaerank: family
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Acarosporaceaerank: family
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Herpotrichiellaceaerank: family
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Fungirank: kingdom
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Trapeliaceaerank: family
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Catillariaceaerank: family
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Sporastatiaceaerank: family
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Placynthiaceaerank: family
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Pertusariaceaerank: family
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Coniocybaceaerank: family
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Graphidaceaerank: family
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Ochrolechiaceaerank: family
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Parmeliaceaerank: family
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Arthoniomycetesrank: class
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Biatorellaceaerank: family
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Byssolomataceaerank: family
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Agaricomycetesrank: class
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Rhizocarpaceaerank: family
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Lobariaceaerank: family
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Gyalectaceaerank: family
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Psoraceaerank: family
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Lecideaceaerank: family
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Xylographaceaerank: family
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Gomphilliaceaerank: family
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Lichinaceaerank: family
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Megasporaceaerank: family
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Physciaceaerank: family
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Lecanoraceaerank: family
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Stereocaulaceaerank: family
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Lopadiaceaerank: family
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Nephromataceaerank: family
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Sphaerophoraceaerank: family
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Lychinomycetesrank: class
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Ramalinaceaerank: family
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Verrucariaceaerank: family
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Lichenoconiaceaerank: family
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Roccellacaearank: family
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Dothideomycetesrank: class
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Collemataceaerank: family
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Icmadophilaceaerank: family
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Haematomaceaerank: family
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Candelariomycetesrank: class
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Hygrophoraceaerank: family
Geographic Coverages
Bulgaria, and Eurasia
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
originatorNational Museum of Natural History, Sofia
1 Tsar Osvoboditel blvd.
Sofia
1000
BG
email: office@nmnhs.com
homepage: https://www.nmnhs.com
metadata author
National Museum of Natural History, Sofia
1 Tsar Osvoboditel blvd.
Sofia
1000
BG
email: office@nmnhs.com
homepage: https://www.nmnhs.com
Salza Palpurina
content provider
position: Senior Assistant
National Museum of Natural History, Sofia
1 Tsar Osvoboditel blvd.
Sofia
1000
BG
email: palpurina@nmnhs.com
homepage: https://www.nmnhs.com/palpurina-salza-bg.html
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Salza Palpurina
processor
position: Senior Assistant
National Museum of Natural History, Sofia
1 Tsar Osvoboditel blvd.
Sofia
1000
BG
email: palpurina@nmnhs.com
homepage: https://www.nmnhs.com/palpurina-salza-bg.html
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0416-5622
Snezhina Popova
processor
Sofia
1000
BG
email: snejina.b.popova@gmail.com
Salza Palpurina
curator
position: Senior Assistant
National Museum of Natural History, Sofia
1 Tsar Osvoboditel blvd.
Sofia
1000
BG
email: palpurina@nmnhs.com
homepage: https://www.nmnhs.com/palpurina-salza-bg.html
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0416-5622
Snezhina Popova
content provider
Sofia
1000
BG
email: snejina.b.popova@gmail.com
Salza Palpurina
originator
position: Senior Assistant
National Museum of Natural History, Sofia
1 Tsar Osvoboditel blvd.
Sofia
1000
BG
email: palpurina@nmnhs.com
homepage: https://www.nmnhs.com/palpurina-salza-bg.html
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0416-5622
administrative point of contact
National Museum of Natural History, Sofia
1 Tsar Osvoboditel blvd.
Sofia
1000
BG
email: office@nmnhs.com
homepage: https://www.nmnhs.com