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General Resources
Analyzing Lichen Indicator Data
, Forest Inventory and Analysis Program
Biological Soil Crust (“Biocrust”) Science
(U.S. Geological Survey)
Clifford M. Wetmore’s Publications
(University of Minnesota, Department of Plant Biology)
Eastern Lichen Network
(New York Botanical Garden)
Introduction to Lichens
(University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology)
Lab Website for Bruce McCune
(Oregon State University, Department of Botany & Plant Pathology)
User guide for the national Forest Inventory and Analysis lichen database (Version 1.0)
, Forest Inventory and Analysis Program
Lichen Determination Keys
(Freie Universität Berlin, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum)
Lichenland
(Oregon State University)
Lichenland Lite
Lichens of North America
Lichens of the Ozarks
(New York Botanical Garden and The Nature Conservancy)
Lichens, Tardigrades, and SO2
(voyagerScience)
Using Lichens as Community Bioindicators
Learn About Lichens
UMaine Herbarium
Recent Literature on Lichens
– searchable database of publications in lichenology, and returns an annotated bibliographic list based on search criteria
USDA National Agricultural Library
– searchable database of publications available in the Catalog and Articles database (AGRICOLA), PubAg, and the NAL Digital Collections (NALDC)
Stationary Sources of Air Pollution
(Environmental Protection Agency; previously known as Technology Transfer Network) – industry and regulatory action, guidance and assistance, and technical resources
Connecting Global Priorities: Biodiversity and Human Health
– Chapter 4. Biodiversity, air quality and human health (World Health Organization and Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity)
All things Oregon!
– podcast episode about air quality monitoring using mosses and lichen @ minute 14 (BBC News | Unexpected Elements)
Resources for Educators
Lichen Lesson Plans for Educators
Air Quality Activities
(Lichens CitiSci, developed in collaboration with the Forest Service)
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Exploring the Amazing World of Lichens
How to Identify a Lichen
What’s a Lichen?
Herbaria
Arizona State University Lichen Herbarium
Boise State University Snake River Plains Herbarium
Brigham Young University Herbarium
Consortium of Lichen Herbaria
Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria
Field Museum Botanical Collections, Lichens
Harvard University Herbaria
Lichen Collections
(Natural History Museum, London)
Montana State University Herbarium
National Museum of Natural History United States National Herbarium
New York Botanical Garden
Oregon State University Herbarium
The University and Jepson Herbaria
(University of California, Berkeley)
University of Montana Herbarium
University of Minnesota Herbarium
University of Alberta Cryptogamic Herbarium
Burke Museum Herbarium
and
Burke Herbarium Image Collection
Checklists
Checklist of Lichens in the Ozarks
(New York Botanical Garden and The Nature Conservancy)
Checklists of Lichens in U.S. National Parks
(Consortium of Lichen Herbaria)
Cumulative Checklist for the Lichen-forming, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi of the Continental United States and Canada, Version 24
(North Dakota State University)
Journals and Newsletters
Advances in Bryology
Arctoa
Briolatina
Bryological Times
California Lichen Society Bulletin
Cryptogamie, Bryologie
Evansia
Graphis Scripta
International Journal of Mycology and Lichenology
Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory
Lindbergia
Mycotaxon
North American Fungi
Opuscula Philolichenum
Symbiosis
The Bryologist
The Lichenologist
Tropical Bryology
Media
Air Pollution & Lichens: A Tour of the Columbia River Gorge
(YouTube, @Forest Service)
Critical Loads Video Series (YouTube, @Forest Service)
Air pollution introduction
Lichens
Growth rates of lichens on cemetery stones
(YouTube, @Harvard Museum of Natural History)
iNaturalist
– search any lichen species or family and explore lichens across the world
Lichen growth form video
(YouTube, @Harvard Museum of Natural History)
Lichen timelapse video
(YouTube, @francischeefilms)
Nature’s air sensors are growing on your street
(Grist video, featuring Sarah Jovan, Research Ecologist at the Pacific Northwest Research Station)
Oregon Field Guide: Crayfish Invasion; Lichen; Heritage Trees; Conservation Dogs
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Professional Societies and Research Groups
American Bryological and Lichenological Society
British Lichen Society
California Lichen Society
International Association for Biomonitoring of Environmental Pollution
International Association for Lichenology
Northwest Lichenologists
International Resources
Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories
(Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water)
Guide to Lichens on Twigs
(Natural History Museum, London)
Lichen Collection
(Swedish Museum of Natural History)
Nature and Pollution: What Lichens Tell Us About Toxic Air
(Natural History Museum, London)
Norwegian Lichen Database
(Natural History Museum, University of Oslo)
OPAL: Citizen science for everyone (using lichens in air surveys)
(Imperial College London)
The Information System on Italian Lichens
(University of Trieste)