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
  • Acidodontium (1)
  • Anomobryopsis (1)
  • Anomobryum (89)
  • Brachymenium (119)
  • Bryum (2395)
  • Epipterygium (24)
  • Haplodontium (13)
  • Leptobryum (230)
  • Mielichhoferia (44)
  • Mniobryum (127)
  • Neobryum (2)
  • Orthodontium (8)
  • Orthodontopsis (1)
  • Osculatia (1)
  • Plagiobryum (13)
  • Pohlia (1074)
  • Pseudopohlia (6)
  • Ptychostomum (1)
  • Rhodobryum (163)
  • Synthetodontium (4)
  • Webera (17)