Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University (FH)

The Farlow Herbarium houses nearly 1,400,000 specimens of lichenized and non-lichenized fungi, bryophytes, and algae. The collections are world-wide in scope; particular strengths are in bound, indexed exsiccatae, bryophytes and fungi from Asia, entomogenous fungi, Antarctic lichens, and special "authors" herbaria which contain many type specimens.

Contacts: Kennedy, Jonathan, jonathan_kennedy@harvard.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 9 November 2023
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: President and Fellows of Harvard College
Access Rights: https://huh.harvard.edu/access-digital-reproductions-works-public-domain
Collection Statistics
  • 90,891 specimen records
  • 533 (0.59%) georeferenced
  • 77,218 (85%) with images (146,106 total images)
  • 73,305 (81%) identified to species
  • 150 families
  • 665 genera
  • 4,691 species
  • 5,564 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Amblystegiella (85)
  • Amblystegium (542)
  • Callialaria (2)
  • Calliergon (445)
  • Calliergonella (66)
  • Campyliadelphus (5)
  • Campylium (682)
  • Campylophyllum (22)
  • Chryso-hypnum (1)
  • Conardia (52)
  • Cratoneuron (278)
  • Drepanocladus (1325)
  • Hamatocaulis (1)
  • Hygroamblystegium (303)
  • Hygrohypnum (530)
  • Leptodictyum (397)
  • Limnobium (19)
  • Loeskypnum (4)
  • Palustriella (6)
  • Platydictya (40)
  • Platyhypnidium (195)
  • Platylomella (54)
  • Pseudocalliergon (2)
  • Sanionia (8)
  • Warnstorfia (22)