DUKE Lichen Collection

Lichens

Dr. Francois Lutzoni, Curator of Lichens
Ms. Molly McMullen, Herbarium Data Manager
Ms. Connie Robertson, Curatorial Associate

Lichen Herbarium Phone: (+1) 919 660 7300
Biology Department FAX: (919) 660-7293

William L. Culberson joined the Department of Botany in 1955 and in 1957, was instrumental in arranging the purchase of most of the herbarium of J. Harmand (author of the 5-vol. Lichens de France) and, in 1965, the herbarium of Johan J. Havaas, a well-known Norwegian lichenologist. Subsequent growth of the lichen herbarium has been through the activities of W. L. Culberson and students. The scientific value of the lichen collection has been greatly increased by extensive chemical annotations of some 12,000 collections in the herbarium, largely through the continuing effort of Chicita F. Culberson.

Francois Lutzoni joined the Department of Biology in 2001 and assumed curatorship of the lichen collection. Training in lichenology is once again thriving in the department, with increased collecting activity by F. Lutzoni, postdocs, and students.

The collection consists of about 150,000 lichen specimens including 600 types (list of types - xls file, 147kb ). It is focused mainly on collections of Cladoniaceae and Parmeliaceae. About 12.000 specimens of the Harmand's collection are exsiccates of Arnold, Desmazieres, Faurie, Flagey, Fries E., Fries Th., Funck, Harmand, Hepp, Leighton, Lojka, Malbranche, Mereschkowsky, Nylander, Olivier, Roumeguere, Schaerer, Zahlbruckner, and Zwackh. Almost 15,000 specimen records can be searched online.

>>>Catalog of Lichens <<<

Geographic focus: southeastern United States, Iceland, Europe, western Australia, South Korea.

Link to Francois Lutzoni's lab page (lichenology and phylogenetics)

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