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
  • Acaulon (31)
  • Aloina (27)
  • Aloinella (12)
  • Anictangium (2)
  • Anoectangium (124)
  • Aschisma (2)
  • Astomum (66)
  • Barbula (911)
  • Bryobrittonia (7)
  • Bryoerythrophyllum (230)
  • Chionoloma (2)
  • Chrysoblastella (1)
  • Cinclidotus (2)
  • Crossidium (106)
  • Crumia (1)
  • Dactylhymenium (1)
  • Desmatodon (352)
  • Dialytrichia (1)
  • Didymodon (432)
  • Eobryum (1)
  • Erythrophyllopsis (1)
  • Erythrophyllum (2)
  • Eucladium (41)
  • Geheebia (2)
  • Globulinella (11)
  • Gymnostomum (186)
  • Gyroweisia (4)
  • Hennediella (2)
  • Husnotiella (66)
  • Hydrogonium (15)
  • Hymenostomum (81)
  • Hymenostylium (189)
  • Hyophila (81)
  • Leptobarbula (2)
  • Leptodontiopsis (1)
  • Leptodontium (151)
  • Luisierella (5)
  • Merceya (54)
  • Merceyopsis (3)
  • Mironia (3)
  • Molendoa (30)
  • Morinia (5)
  • Neohyophila (5)
  • Oxystegus (70)
  • Pachyneurum (1)
  • Phascum (67)
  • Pleurochaete (49)
  • Pottia (169)
  • Pseudocrossidium (27)
  • Pseudosymblepharis (6)
  • Pterygoneurum (75)
  • Rhamphidium (4)
  • Rhexophyllum (16)
  • Semibarbula (1)
  • Stegonia (1)
  • Streblotrichum (52)
  • Streptopogon (4)
  • Syntrichia (121)
  • Timmiella (79)
  • Tortella (387)
  • Tortula (1142)
  • Trichostomopsis (32)
  • Trichostomum (131)
  • Triquetrella (8)
  • Tuerckheimia (1)
  • Weisiopsis (3)
  • Weissia (408)