Leicestershire County Council Museum Service

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  • Name

    Leicestershire County Council Museum Service

  • Herbarium Code

    LSR

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Alison Clague, Senior Curator, alison.clague@leics.gov.uk

  • Contact

    [44] 116 305 3726
    Email: geoffrey.hall@leics.gov.uk

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Collections Resources Centre
    Leicestershire County Council Museum Service
    31-33 Hayhill, Sileby Road, Barrow on Soar
    Leicester, England LE12 8LD
    U.K.

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Lichens, bryophytes, fungi, charophytes, eumycetozoa, and some representative fossil genera; a seed & cone collection, wood collection and ancillary collections of photographs, models and personalia of local botanists

    Geography: British Isles

  • Notes

    Updated Mar 2015 (general update).

  • Feedback

    Send comment or correction to the Editor of Index Herbariorum

  • Number of Specimens

    120000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 150
    Bryophytes 10000
    Fungi/Lichens 45000
    Pteridophytes
    Seed Plants 35000
  • Date Founded

    1849

  • Updated

    /03/2015

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: Belgrave Hall Botanic Gardens, Leicestershire Museums Service.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    KRG;
    UPP

  • Important Collectors

    W. Bell, G. J. V. Bemrose, C. A. Billups, J. P. Blunt, T. Carter, G. A. Chester, D. A. L. Davies, A. Fletcher, F. L. Foord-Kelcey, A. E. Furnival, A. Hackett, C. B. Headly, E. K. Horwood, A. R. Horwood, A. B. Jackson, M. Kirby, D. C. Lindsay, K. G. Messenger, F. T. Mott, P. A. Padmore, T. A. Preston, A. L. Primavesi, P. Reader, T. E. Routh, F. A. Sowter, S. A. Taylor, G. C. Turner, W. A. Vice, A. E. Wade, M. Wigginton