Discovering a Darwin Collection
Cabinet of CuriositiesSpecimen Stories
In the museum world, there's a sort of joke that you never…
Old Man's Beard
This lichen grows as an epiphyte on trees. They require clean air,…
4 Millionth Specimen
With 7,800,000 specimens in our herbarium, reaching 4,000,000 specimens catalogued in our…
#plantlove
Specimens contained in the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium represent the endless…
Dolly's Lichen
NYBG lichen curator James Lendemer and then-PhD student Jessi Allen named this…
Wolf lichen
The Wolf Lichen is one of the most showy North American lichens,…
Gross
Sometimes collecting the perfect specimen means going places you'd rather not. Here…
Ellen's Types
Among many of the interesting things Ellen Hutchins collected were collections that…
Smooth rock tripe
This Umbilicaria species is regarded to be one of the largest lichens…
Christmas Lichen
Specimen StoriesCabinet of Curiosities
This bright-colored lichen is called the 'Christmas Lichen' because of its bright…
Lettuce Lichen
Similar to the Old Man’s Beard, Lungwort lichens can only thrive in…
Pertusaria andersoniae
Specimen StoriesWomen in Science
Some of our herbarium specimens are of incredibly rare species. This is…