Lichen collection
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Code
BCN Lich -
Registration date
26/09/2025 - Download the sheet
Description
While lichens are systematically considered within the fungi group, they are stored in separate collections in herbariums because of their particular characteristics. The lichen collection of the herbarium BCN is one of the most important in the Iberian Peninsula, both because of its size and the geographical area it covers. It contains roughly 22,000 specimens, mostly from the Catalan-speaking territories (Catalan Countries) and from the Mediterranean region in general. More than a hundred samples are type specimens. In 2007, the CeDocBiV accepted in trust the herbarium of Dr. Josep Mª Egea, professor of Botany at the University of Murcia. This collection contains more than 11,000 samples and it is stored separately from the general collection.Overall information
Usage restrictions
A través de Internet
Taxonomic coverage
Scientific names
Líquenes
Collection period
1856 30/09/2025
Datasets of the collection/database
Types of objects
Organismos preservados, no vivos (herbarios, colecciones de animales y afines)
Digitalization
Nº of copies / records
33.000
Percentage of computerization
50
Percentage of georeferenced registers
41
Does it include Type specimens?
Yes