The Mycology.Net aims to provide online data on the biodiversity of fungi, including lichens, especially their taxonomy, distribution, phylogeny, descriptive characters, collections, literature etc.; inform about mycological institutions, journals, databases (link sections) and persons engaged in mycology and facilitate interaction between databases and support the development of standards for data exchange. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The goal of this project is to supply database access to spatial information on lichens and lichenicolous fungi of all 193 countries of the world and of additional 300 geographical units at the subnational level, e.g., islands and states of larger countries. (...) The databased checklist information is based on literature data and actually restricted to Europe, continental African countries, South East Asia, Australia, North America, and Antarctica. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
LIAS is a multi-authored information system for the collection and distribution of descriptive and other biodiversity data on lichens and non-lichenized ascomycetes. The goal is (a) to provide a working space for cooperation and collaboration of experts on ascomycetes in the Internet, (b) to establish a multi-authored worldwide database on descriptive data of all ascomycetes, (c) to design user-friendly web tools for an easier access and remote editing of database records via Internet, (d) to offer a online database system for multiple usage and therewith dissemination of expert knowledge especially by providing public access to database generated identification keys and natural language description of ascomycetes, (e) to promote the gathering, furnishing and administration of data by experts in a standard database system which allows an information deposit for individual use only (e. g. for revision) and – after agreement – the public access to the data via Internet, (f) to promote common standards on descriptive data connected with taxonomic names of ascomycetes to facilitate interoperability and data exchange. The vision of LIAS is to establish a non-commercial global information system of advanced technology where published biodiversity data of all ascomycetes are joint in a multi-authored database and used for the most sophisticated queries. ... [Information of the supplier]
The 'Index of Lichen Distribution Maps' is a world-wide database of distribution maps for lichens, lichenicolous fungi and other related ascomycetes. The project was initiated in the 1990ies. Since then scientific publications from all parts of the world are systematically scanned for distribution maps by Peter Scholz, Schkeuditz, Germany. Currently, the database contains more than 40,000 records obtained from nearly 2,000 literature sources with Unger (1836) as the earliest reference. Each record refers to one distribution map of one single taxon. Up to date, information for more than 8,000 taxa has been recorded, covering genus and species as well as taxa of infrageneric and infraspecific rank. Information for every single map (1 to 150 per taxon) constitutes map display (i. e., dot maps, grit maps, area maps and district maps), references to the geographical area covered by each map and a link to the original literature source. ... [Information of the supplier]
BLAM was founded about 40 years ago to facilitate contact between people working in any field of lichenology or bryology in Central Europe. Today, BLAM is a registered association with 320 members, EU-European and abroad, professionals and amateurs. [Information of the supplier]
This web site contains photographs of about 4000 lichen species; the pictures are accompanied by descriptions from the literature and information about the places where they were found. Most of the pictures are from central Europe, or the Canary Islands, or Madeira. [Editorial staff vifabio]
This website grew out of the activities of Sylvia and Stephen Sharnoff, who did the photographic fieldwork for the book "Lichens of North America", by Irwin M.Brodo and the Sharnoffs, published in November, 2001 by Yale University Press. For a brief introduction to lichen biology and how lichens interact with the greater environment, you will find the section "Lichen Biology and the Environment". Information about lichens and wildlife, including invertebrates, can be found at "Lichens and Wildlife". For a description of how people have made use of lichens, including an extensive bibliographical database, click on "Lichens and People". Check out the "Useful Links" page for many useful connections to this project and to the world of lichens. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The Dutch Bryological and Lichenological Society (BLWG, founded in 1946), is a society with about 400 members (50 from abroad), which are interested in bryophytes and lichens. Among BLWG's online resources, there are online distribution maps and photographs of lichens based on 290.000 field records and specimens, and a Red List of Dutch lichens and an overview of Dutch lichen herbaria. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
This database is a compilation of nine independent databases: Lichen specimens at Bergen Museum, University of Bergen (BG); Lichen specimens at the herbarium of Duke University, North Carolina (DUKE); Lichen specimens at the University of Minnesota Lichen Herbarium, Minnesota (MIN); Lichen specimens at the Botanical Museum, University of Oslo (O); Lichen specimens at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (S); Lichen specimens at Tromsø Museum, University of Tromsø (TROM); Lichen specimens at the Botanical Museum, University of Uppsala (UPS); Lichen specimens in the herbarium of Dr. Håkon Holien, at Nord-Trøndelag College; The Field Note Database at Botanical Museum, Oslo; and The Field Investigation Database at Botanical Museum, Oslo. The data sets consist of nearly all computerized Norwegian specimens identified to species level in the herbaria listed above. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The web site SwissLichens, offered in German language, provides distribution maps for Lichenes (lichens) of Switzerland, supplemented with ecological data, for example altitudinal distributions. Information about threatened lichens species, and about lichen conservation are available as well. [Editorial staff vifabio]
