The lichen collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia
GBIF
Dataset type
This dataset that contains primary occurrence data for species.
Description
<p>The lichenological collection of the National Museum of Natural History in Sofia has been established in 1980s with the purchase of the personal collection of the first Bulgarian female lichenologist - Bozhana Zhelezova. The lichenological collection is registered in GRSciColl under the code [BG-NMNHS-MYC] https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/0b347ac9-5b02-434a-b562-c48507a32243) and uses this code as a prefix for its catalogue numbers. Currently, it contains just Bozhana Zhelezova's collection (~3500 specimens) that consists mostly of specimens collected on the territory of Bulgaria, plus exchanged gift vouchers from Eurasia. </p><p>Until 2020 the lichenological collection was stored in boxes in the museum's attic. In 2020 the entire collection, together with the vascular and bryophyte collection, was moved to a newly built depot, with proper air-conditioning or humidity control. The renovation of the depot was funded by DiSSco-BG. </p><p>The herbarium of the museum, of which the collection is part, was registered in Index Herbariorum in 2021 under the acronym [BNHM] http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=260118). The herbarium currently contains three separate collections — vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens.</p><p>Digitisation of the herbarium specimens has been underway since 2022 as part of the Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) in Bulgaria (DiSSCo-BG).</p><p>The lichenological collection is now completely transcribed, almost completely georeferenced, and is currently going through the process of imaging and data quality checks.</p>
Type of content
Includes: Point occurrence data, gbif import.Citation
Palpurina S (2025). The lichen collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia. Version 1.25. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/7jbj7j accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-02-24.
Digitised records
Looking up... the number of records that can be accessed through the BioAtlas - Atlas bioraznolikosti Hrvatske. This resource was last checked for updated data on 24 Feb 2025. The most recent data was published on 15 Nov 2024.
Metadata last updated on 2025-02-24 17:21:59.0
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