Lichen Herbarium
Housed in Cyr Hall of the University of Maine at Fort Kent's campus, Dr. Selva's lichen herbarium is one of the largest in the world. It contains around 60,000 specimens of multiple varieties of lichens, including the largest collection of stubble lichens in North America as well as the largest collection of old growth forest lichens in the northeastern United States.
Beginning in 2001, Dr. Selva and colleague/former student Ray Albert began uploading the contents of the lichen herbarium online at the University of Maine at Fort Kent's Lichen Research Program. The database contains specific information on the collection location, habitat information, and the substrate or base on which the lichens were found. Eventually Dr. Selva and Albert hope to include microscope images of each specimen along with the latitude and longitude of where they were collected.
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