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Harvard University, Farlow Herbarium (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. The Herbarium also has an associated library, The Farlow Reference Library, including the Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany. Currently, the New England Botanical Club cryptogamic collection is also housed in the Farlow Herbarium.
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Harvard University, Farlow Herbarium. Occurrence dataset (ID: ee93584b-87d2-4b84-bfb0-917d57d9166e) accessed via the Mycology Collections Portal Portal, www.mycoportal.org/portal, 2025-10-27).

Collection Statistics

  • 160,485 specimen records
  • 4,177 (3%) georeferenced
  • 111,434 (69%) with media (112,366 total media)
  • 4 GenBank genetic references
  • 143,423 (89%) identified to species
  • 388 families
  • 2,376 genera
  • 18,873 species
  • 18,875 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 16 September 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: HUH IPT upload
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Rights Holder: President and Fellows of Harvard College
Access Rights: http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/addenda.html#policy
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